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Can the NVIDIA RTX 5070 run Mistral Nemo 12B?

RTX 5070 × Mistral Nemo 12B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q6_K11.9 GB of 12 GB
Weights 10 GBKV cache 1.3 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ6_KExcellent
Memory11.9 GBof 12 GB usable
Speed~40tokens per second
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 5070 can run Mistral Nemo 12B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 11.9 GB of the 12 GB available, at roughly 40 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Mistral Nemo 12B:

ollama run mistral-nemo:12b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 9.3 GB here). You have room for Q6_K, which is excellent: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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No NVIDIA RTX 5070? Run Mistral Nemo 12B in the cloud.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 12 GB the NVIDIA RTX 5070 can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality26.3 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless14.9 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent11.9 GBFits~40 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good10.6 GBFits~46 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular9.3 GBFits~55 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded7.9 GBFits~68 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded6.5 GBFits~88 tok/s

GPUs that run Mistral Nemo 12B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 5070

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 5070 run Mistral Nemo 12B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 5070 can run Mistral Nemo 12B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 11.9 GB of the 12 GB available, at roughly 40 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Mistral Nemo 12B need?

About 9.3 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 26.3 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Mistral Nemo 12B on the NVIDIA RTX 5070?

Roughly 40 tokens per second at Q6_K, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 5070's 672 GB/s memory bandwidth.