Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 146%.
~$329 MSRP
SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 uncensored needs ~9.5 GB VRAM. GTX 1080 8GB has 8.0 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
1.5 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Very compromised (needs ~1 GB host RAM)
Decode
14.5 tok/s
TTFT
13324 ms
Safe context
4K
Memory
9.5 GB / 8.0 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.
Older PCIe generation
PCIe 3.0 is workable, but it compounds the penalty when you offload heavily or try to scale across multiple cards.
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 ~0.6 GB host RAM) | 16.9 tok/s | 6254 ms | 4K |
| Coding | D | Very compromised | 14.5 tok/s | 13324 ms | 4K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 11.1 tok/s | 25457 ms | 4K |
| Reasoning | D | Very compromised (needs ~1 GB host RAM) | 14.5 tok/s | 15746 ms | 4K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 11.1 tok/s | 31821 ms |
How SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 uncensored (10.699999809265137B params) fits at each quantization level on GTX 1080 8GB (8.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 4.2 GB | Low | C53 |
Q3_K_SBest for your GPU | 3 | 5.2 GB | Low | C53 |
Copy-paste commands to run SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 uncensored on your machine.
Run
lms load hf-thebloke--solar-10-7b-instruct-v1-0-uncensored-gguf && lms server startUpgrade options
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 146%.
~$329 MSRP
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 185%.
~$449 MSRP
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 133%.
~$499 MSRP
Yes, GTX 1080 8GB can run SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 uncensored with a D grade (Very compromised). Expected decode speed: 14.5 tok/s.
SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 uncensored (10.699999809265137B parameters) requires approximately 9.5 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 uncensored is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On GTX 1080 8GB, SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 uncensored achieves approximately 14.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 13324ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 uncensored on GTX 1080 8GB receives a D grade with 14.5 tok/s and 4K context.
On GTX 1080 8GB, SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 uncensored 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 |
6.0 GB |
| Medium |
| F0 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 6.5 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 7.7 GB | High | F0 |
Q6_K | 6 | 8.8 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 11.4 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 21.9 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.