MPT-7B-Instruct needs ~14.2 GB VRAM. RTX 3080 Ti 12GB has 12.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~70 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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2.2 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Very compromised (needs ~0.7 GB host RAM)
Decode
70.0 tok/s
TTFT
2764 ms
Safe context
8K
Memory
14.2 GB / 12.0 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 0.7 GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | B | Tight fit | 84.0 tok/s | 1257 ms | 8K |
| Coding | C | Very compromised (needs ~0.7 GB host RAM) | 70.0 tok/s | 2764 ms | 8K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 27.8 tok/s | 10125 ms | 8K |
| Reasoning | C | Very compromised (needs ~0.7 GB host RAM) | 70.0 tok/s | 3266 ms | 8K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 27.8 tok/s | 12657 ms |
How MPT-7B-Instruct (7B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 3080 Ti 12GB (12.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | B65 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | B66 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run MPT-7B-Instruct on your machine.
Run
lms load mpt-7b-instruct && lms server startUpgrade options
RTX 5060 Ti 16GBBudget pickRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
~$449 MSRP
RTX 4060 Ti 16GBBest valueRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
~$499 MSRP
RTX 2000 Ada 16GBNVIDIA upgradeRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
~$625 MSRP
Yes, RTX 3080 Ti 12GB can run MPT-7B-Instruct with a C grade (Very compromised (needs ~0.7 GB host RAM)). Expected decode speed: 70.0 tok/s.
MPT-7B-Instruct (7B parameters) requires approximately 14.2 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for MPT-7B-Instruct is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 3080 Ti 12GB, MPT-7B-Instruct achieves approximately 70.0 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 2764ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, MPT-7B-Instruct on RTX 3080 Ti 12GB receives a C grade with 70.0 tok/s and 8K context.
On RTX 3080 Ti 12GB, MPT-7B-Instruct can safely use up to 8K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 8K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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Preview:
| 8K |
3.9 GB |
| Medium |
| B67 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | B67 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | B68 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | B69 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | B68 |
F16 | 16 | 14.3 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.