HelpingAI2.5 10B i1 needs ~9.3 GB VRAM. RTX 3060 Ti 8GB has 8.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~28 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
1.3 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Very compromised (needs ~0.8 GB host RAM)
Decode
27.5 tok/s
TTFT
7051 ms
Safe context
4K
Memory
9.3 GB / 8.0 GB
Offload
10%
It fits through host-memory offload, and offload is the main reason performance drops.
CPU or host-memory offload is active
About 10% 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 0.8 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) | 31.5 tok/s | 3352 ms | 4K |
| Coding | D | Very compromised (needs ~0.8 GB host RAM) | 27.5 tok/s | 7051 ms | 4K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 21.4 tok/s | 13177 ms | 4K |
| Reasoning | D | Very compromised (needs ~0.8 GB host RAM) | 27.5 tok/s | 8333 ms | 4K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 21.4 tok/s | 16471 ms |
How HelpingAI2.5 10B i1 (10B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 3060 Ti 8GB (8.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 3.9 GB | Low | C53 |
Q3_K_SBest for your GPU | 3 | 4.9 GB | Low | C52 |
Copy-paste commands to run HelpingAI2.5 10B i1 on your machine.
Run
lms load hf-mradermacher--helpingai2-5-10b-i1-gguf && lms server startUpgrade options
RTX 3060 12GBBudget pickRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 42%.
~$329 MSRP
RTX 5060 Ti 16GBBest valueRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 65%.
~$449 MSRP
RTX 4060 Ti 16GBNVIDIA upgradeRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 25%.
~$499 MSRP
Yes, RTX 3060 Ti 8GB can run HelpingAI2.5 10B i1 with a D grade (Very compromised (needs ~0.8 GB host RAM)). Expected decode speed: 27.5 tok/s.
HelpingAI2.5 10B i1 (10B parameters) requires approximately 9.3 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for HelpingAI2.5 10B i1 is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 3060 Ti 8GB, HelpingAI2.5 10B i1 achieves approximately 27.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 7051ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, HelpingAI2.5 10B i1 on RTX 3060 Ti 8GB receives a D grade with 27.5 tok/s and 4K context.
On RTX 3060 Ti 8GB, HelpingAI2.5 10B 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 |
5.6 GB |
| Medium |
| F0 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 6.1 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 7.2 GB | High | F0 |
Q6_K | 6 | 8.2 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 10.7 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 20.5 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.