Yi 1.5 6B Chat needs ~7.2 GB VRAM. RTX 5060 Ti 16GB has 16.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~76 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.
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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
75.9 tok/s
TTFT
2551 ms
Safe context
217K
Memory
7.2 GB / 16.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | C | Runs well | 75.9 tok/s | 1391 ms | 217K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 75.9 tok/s | 2551 ms | 217K |
| Agentic Coding | C | Runs well | 75.9 tok/s | 3711 ms | 217K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 75.9 tok/s | 3015 ms | 217K |
| RAG | C | Runs well | 75.9 tok/s | 4638 ms | 217K |
How Yi 1.5 6B Chat (6B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (16.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.3 GB | Low | C46 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 2.9 GB | Low | C47 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 3.4 GB | Medium | C47 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 3.7 GB | Medium | C48 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 4.3 GB | High | C48 |
Q6_K | 6 | 4.9 GB | High | C49 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 6.4 GB | Very High | C50 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 12.3 GB | Maximum | C51 |
Copy-paste commands to run Yi 1.5 6B Chat on your machine.
Run
lms load hf-maziyarpanahi--yi-1-5-6b-chat-gguf && lms server startYes, RTX 5060 Ti 16GB can run Yi 1.5 6B Chat with a C grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 75.9 tok/s.
Yi 1.5 6B Chat (6B parameters) requires approximately 7.2 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Yi 1.5 6B Chat is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Yi 1.5 6B Chat achieves approximately 75.9 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 2551ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Yi 1.5 6B Chat on RTX 5060 Ti 16GB receives a C grade with 75.9 tok/s and 217K context.
On RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Yi 1.5 6B Chat can safely use up to 217K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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