MPT-7B-Instruct needs ~14.9 GB VRAM. Tesla P100 16GB has 16.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~98 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
Tight fit
Decode
98.0 tok/s
TTFT
1976 ms
Safe context
8K
Memory
14.9 GB / 16.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
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.
Buy headroom, not only minimum fit
A slightly larger memory tier gives you safer context growth and makes the recommendation more future-proof.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | A | Runs well | 98.0 tok/s | 1078 ms | 8K |
| Coding | A | Tight fit | 98.0 tok/s | 1976 ms | 8K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 34.2 tok/s | 8224 ms | 8K |
| Reasoning | A | Tight fit | 98.0 tok/s | 2335 ms | 8K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 34.2 tok/s | 10280 ms | 8K |
How MPT-7B-Instruct (7B params) fits at each quantization level on Tesla P100 16GB (16.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | B63 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | B63 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run MPT-7B-Instruct on your machine.
Run
lms load mpt-7b-instruct && lms server startYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen 3.5 9B | 9B | S | 84.6 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3 14B | 14B | S | 54.6 tok/s |
Yes, Tesla P100 16GB can run MPT-7B-Instruct with a A grade (Tight fit). Expected decode speed: 98.0 tok/s.
MPT-7B-Instruct (7B parameters) requires approximately 14.9 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 Tesla P100 16GB, MPT-7B-Instruct achieves approximately 98.0 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1976ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, MPT-7B-Instruct on Tesla P100 16GB receives a A grade with 98.0 tok/s and 8K context.
On Tesla P100 16GB, 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:
3.9 GB |
| Medium |
| B64 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | B64 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | B65 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | B66 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | B67 |
F16 | 16 | 14.3 GB | Maximum | F0 |
| Qwen 3 8B | 8B | S | 95.1 tok/s |
 Phi-4-reasoning-plus 14B | 14.7B | S | 51.8 tok/s |
 GPT-OSS 20B | 21B | A | 46.4 tok/s |
Buy headroom, not only minimum fit. A slightly larger memory tier gives you safer context growth and makes the recommendation more future-proof.