EXAONE 3.5 7.8B Instruct i1 needs ~7.2 GB VRAM. RTX 4050 Laptop 6GB has 6.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~15 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
1.2 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Very compromised (needs ~0.8 GB host RAM)
Decode
14.0 tok/s
TTFT
13867 ms
Safe context
4K
Memory
7.2 GB / 6.0 GB
Offload
20%
It fits through host-memory offload, and offload is the main reason performance drops.
CPU or host-memory offload is active
About 20% of the working set spills out of accelerator memory, which usually hurts latency and sustained decode throughput.
Very little memory headroom
You can run the model, but there is not much room left for longer context, bigger batches, extra apps, or future model updates.
Remove offload with more accelerator memory
Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.
Buy headroom, not only minimum fit
A slightly larger memory tier gives you safer context growth and makes the recommendation more future-proof.
Increase host RAM if you keep offloading
This setup may need roughly {ram} GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | D | Very compromised (needs ~0.5 GB host RAM) | 16.0 tok/s | 6585 ms | 4K |
| Coding | D | Very compromised | 15.2 tok/s | 12758 ms | 4K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 10.8 tok/s | 25964 ms | 4K |
| Reasoning | D | Very compromised (needs ~0.8 GB host RAM) | 14.0 tok/s | 16388 ms | 4K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 10.8 tok/s | 32455 ms |
How EXAONE 3.5 7.8B Instruct i1 (7.800000190734863B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 4050 Laptop 6GB (6.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_KBest for your GPU | 2 | 3.0 GB | Low | C54 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.8 GB | Low | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run EXAONE 3.5 7.8B Instruct i1 on your machine.
Run
lms load hf-mradermacher--exaone-3-5-7-8b-instruct-i1-gguf && lms server startUpgrade options
RTX 3050 8GBBudget pickRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 86%.
~$249 MSRP
RTX 5060 8GBBest valueRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 310%.
~$299 MSRP
RTX 5050 8GBNVIDIA upgradeRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 182%.
~$299 MSRP
Yes, RTX 4050 Laptop 6GB can run EXAONE 3.5 7.8B Instruct i1 with a D grade (Very compromised). Expected decode speed: 15.2 tok/s.
EXAONE 3.5 7.8B Instruct i1 (7.800000190734863B parameters) requires approximately 7.2 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for EXAONE 3.5 7.8B Instruct i1 is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 4050 Laptop 6GB, EXAONE 3.5 7.8B Instruct i1 achieves approximately 15.2 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 12758ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, EXAONE 3.5 7.8B Instruct i1 on RTX 4050 Laptop 6GB receives a D grade with 15.2 tok/s and 4K context.
On RTX 4050 Laptop 6GB, EXAONE 3.5 7.8B Instruct i1 can safely use up to 4K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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Preview:
| 4K |
| 4 |
4.4 GB |
| Medium |
| F0 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.8 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.6 GB | High | F0 |
Q6_K | 6 | 6.4 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 8.3 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 16.0 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Remove offload with more accelerator memory. Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.