Falcon 7B Instruct needs ~6.4 GB VRAM. GTX 1080 8GB has 8.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~49 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
Select quantization to explore
Fit status
Runs well
Decode
48.6 tok/s
TTFT
3986 ms
Safe context
8K
Memory
6.4 GB / 8.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
Older PCIe generation
PCIe 3.0 is workable, but it compounds the penalty when you offload heavily or try to scale across multiple cards.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | A | Runs well | 48.6 tok/s | 2174 ms | 8K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 48.6 tok/s | 3986 ms | 8K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 48.6 tok/s | 5797 ms | 8K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 48.6 tok/s | 4710 ms | 8K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 48.6 tok/s | 7247 ms | 8K |
How Falcon 7B Instruct (7B params) fits at each quantization level on GTX 1080 8GB (8.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | B69 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | B70 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 3.9 GB | Medium | B69 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | B69 |
Q5_K_MBest for your GPU | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | B69 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 14.3 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run Falcon 7B Instruct on your machine.
Run
lms load falcon-7b-instruct && lms server startYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen 3 8B | 8B | A | 23 tok/s | |
 Nemotron Nano 8B | 8B | A | 24.4 tok/s | |
 InternVL2 8B | 8B | A | 24.4 tok/s | |
 Ministral 3 8B | 8B | B | 23 tok/s | |
 MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B | 8B | A | 24.4 tok/s |
Yes, GTX 1080 8GB can run Falcon 7B Instruct with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 48.6 tok/s.
Falcon 7B Instruct (7B parameters) requires approximately 6.4 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Falcon 7B Instruct is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On GTX 1080 8GB, Falcon 7B Instruct achieves approximately 48.6 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 3986ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Falcon 7B Instruct on GTX 1080 8GB receives a A grade with 48.6 tok/s and 8K context.
On GTX 1080 8GB, Falcon 7B Instruct can safely use up to 8K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 8K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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