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Can I run Mistral Nemo 12B on 8GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only)?
No. Mistral Nemo 12B needs ~8.6 GB even at Q4_K_M, but 8GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only) only has ~5 GB usable.
Needs ~8.6 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~5 GB is usable.
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~8.6 GB
- Usable on device
- ~5 GB
- Device memory
- 8 GB
- Parameters
- 12.2B
- Q4_K_M size
- 6.96 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 12.13 GB
- Context
- 128k
- Ollama tag
- mistral-nemo:12b
- Memory
- 8 GB ram
- Usable for weights
- ~5 GB
- Best runtime
- Ollama (llama.cpp backend)
What you can run instead
Run Mistral Nemo 12B on other hardware
FAQ
Can 8GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only) run Mistral Nemo 12B?
No. Mistral Nemo 12B needs ~8.6 GB even at Q4_K_M, but 8GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only) only has ~5 GB usable.
How much memory does Mistral Nemo 12B need?
8GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~6.96 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~8.6 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run Mistral Nemo 12B on Windows?
LM Studio for a simple setup; Ollama (CUDA) for the most speed. AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.
Sources
Memory figures are estimates. See methodology.