Falcon 7B Instruct needs ~6.7 GB VRAM. GTX 1080 Ti 11GB has 11.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~74 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
73.5 tok/s
TTFT
2635 ms
Safe context
8K
Memory
6.7 GB / 11.0 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 | 73.5 tok/s | 1437 ms | 8K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 73.5 tok/s | 2635 ms | 8K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 73.5 tok/s | 3833 ms | 8K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 73.5 tok/s | 3114 ms | 8K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 73.5 tok/s | 4791 ms | 8K |
How Falcon 7B Instruct (7B params) fits at each quantization level on GTX 1080 Ti 11GB (11.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | B66 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | B67 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 3.9 GB | Medium | B68 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | B68 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | B69 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | B69 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | B68 |
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 3.5 9B | 9B | S | 55.9 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3 8B | 8B | S | 62.9 tok/s | |
 Nemotron Nano 8B | 8B | S | 62.9 tok/s | |
 InternVL2 8B | 8B | A | 62.9 tok/s | |
 Ministral 3 8B | 8B | A | 62.9 tok/s |
Yes, GTX 1080 Ti 11GB can run Falcon 7B Instruct with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 73.5 tok/s.
Falcon 7B Instruct (7B parameters) requires approximately 6.7 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 Ti 11GB, Falcon 7B Instruct achieves approximately 73.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 2635ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Falcon 7B Instruct on GTX 1080 Ti 11GB receives a A grade with 73.5 tok/s and 8K context.
On GTX 1080 Ti 11GB, 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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