falcon mamba 7b instruct Q4 K M needs ~7.4 GB VRAM. RTX 2080 Ti 11GB has 11.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~94 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
93.8 tok/s
TTFT
2065 ms
Safe context
86K
Memory
7.4 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 | B | Runs well | 93.8 tok/s | 1126 ms | 86K |
| Coding | B | Runs well | 93.8 tok/s | 2065 ms | 86K |
| Agentic Coding | B | Runs well | 93.8 tok/s | 3003 ms | 86K |
| Reasoning | B | Runs well | 93.8 tok/s | 2440 ms | 86K |
| RAG | B | Runs well | 93.8 tok/s | 3754 ms | 86K |
How falcon mamba 7b instruct Q4 K M (7B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 2080 Ti 11GB (11.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | C50 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | C51 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 3.9 GB | Medium | C51 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | C52 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | C53 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | C52 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | C52 |
F16 | 16 | 14.3 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run falcon mamba 7b instruct Q4 K M on your machine.
Run
lms load hf-tiiuae--falcon-mamba-7b-instruct-q4-k-m-gguf && lms server startYes, RTX 2080 Ti 11GB can run falcon mamba 7b instruct Q4 K M with a B grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 93.8 tok/s.
falcon mamba 7b instruct Q4 K M (7B parameters) requires approximately 7.4 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for falcon mamba 7b instruct Q4 K M is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 2080 Ti 11GB, falcon mamba 7b instruct Q4 K M achieves approximately 93.8 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 2065ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, falcon mamba 7b instruct Q4 K M on RTX 2080 Ti 11GB receives a B grade with 93.8 tok/s and 86K context.
On RTX 2080 Ti 11GB, falcon mamba 7b instruct Q4 K M can safely use up to 86K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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