text model · Yi · Windows
Yi Can I run Yi 1.5 34B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16GB)?
No. Yi 1.5 34B needs ~21.4 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16GB) only has ~15 GB usable.
Needs ~21.4 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~15 GB is usable.
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~21.4 GB
- Usable on device
- ~15 GB
- Device memory
- 16 GB
How to run it
On Windows use LM Studio (Best GUI on Windows, auto-detects CUDA/Vulkan backends.). AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.
- Parameters
- 34B
- Q4_K_M size
- 19.24 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 34.03 GB
- Context
- 32k
- Memory
- 16 GB vram
- Usable for weights
- ~15 GB
- Best runtime
- vLLM (Linux) / Ollama (CUDA)
What you can run instead
Run Yi 1.5 34B on other hardware
FAQ
Can Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16GB) run Yi 1.5 34B?
No. Yi 1.5 34B needs ~21.4 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16GB) only has ~15 GB usable.
How much memory does Yi 1.5 34B need?
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16GB) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~19.24 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~21.4 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run Yi 1.5 34B 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.