Can the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti run Mistral Nemo 12B?
- FP16
- Q8_0
- Q6_K
- Q5_K_M
- Q4_K_M
- Q3_K_M
- Q2_K
Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti can run Mistral Nemo 12B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 14.9 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 41 tokens/second.
Run it with Ollama
With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Mistral Nemo 12B:
ollama run mistral-nemo:12bOllama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 9.3 GB here). You have room for Q8_0, which is near-lossless: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.
Run it in the cloud
No NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti? Run Mistral Nemo 12B in the cloud.
Rent a cloud GPU by the hour. No upfront cost, stop any time.
Memory needed by quantization
At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 16 GB the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti can use.
| Quant | Quality | Memory | Fits? | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 | Full quality | 26.3 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q8_0 | Near-lossless | 14.9 GB | Fits | ~41 tok/s | |
| Q6_K | Excellent | 11.9 GB | Fits | ~54 tok/s | |
| Q5_K_M | Very good | 10.6 GB | Fits | ~62 tok/s | |
| Q4_K_M | Good, most popular | 9.3 GB | Fits | ~73 tok/s | |
| Q3_K_M | Noticeably degraded | 7.9 GB | Fits | ~90 tok/s | |
| Q2_K | Heavily degraded | 6.5 GB | Fits | ~118 tok/s |
GPUs that run Mistral Nemo 12B comfortably
Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti
Frequently asked questions
Can NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti run Mistral Nemo 12B?
Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti can run Mistral Nemo 12B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 14.9 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 41 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 Ti?
Roughly 41 tokens per second at Q8_0, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti's 896 GB/s memory bandwidth.