Nous Hermes 1.0 needs ~19.8 GB but Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB only has 12.0 GB. Try a smaller quantization or lighter model.
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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7.8 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Too heavy
Decode
11.5 tok/s
TTFT
16804 ms
Safe context
6K
Memory
19.8 GB / 12.0 GB
Offload
40%
Usable VRAM is the main blocker for this model.
Not enough usable memory
The model needs 19.8 GB, but this setup only exposes 12.0 GB of usable VRAM.
Add more VRAM headroom
The first useful upgrade is more dedicated VRAM so you can fit the model without shrinking context or dropping to a much lower quant.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | B | Very compromised (needs ~0.7 GB host RAM) | 25.0 tok/s | 4219 ms | 6K |
| Coding | F | Too heavy | 11.5 tok/s | 16804 ms | 6K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 6.6 tok/s | 42603 ms | 6K |
| Reasoning | F | Too heavy | 11.5 tok/s | 19859 ms | 6K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 6.6 tok/s | 53254 ms | 6K |
How Nous Hermes 1.0 (9B params) fits at each quantization level on Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB (12.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 3.5 GB | Low | A71 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 4.4 GB | Low | A72 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Upgrade options
Makes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$899 MSRP
Makes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$999 MSRP
Makes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$1,899 MSRP
No, Nous Hermes 1.0 requires more memory than Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB provides.
Nous Hermes 1.0 (9B parameters) requires approximately 19.8 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Nous Hermes 1.0 is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB, Nous Hermes 1.0 achieves approximately 11.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 16804ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Nous Hermes 1.0 on Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB receives a F grade with 11.5 tok/s and 6K context.
On Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB, Nous Hermes 1.0 can safely use up to 6K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 16K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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Preview:
5.0 GB |
| Medium |
| A73 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 5.5 GB | Medium | A73 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 6.5 GB | High | A73 |
Q6_KBest for your GPU | 6 | 7.4 GB | High | A72 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 9.6 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 18.5 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Add more VRAM headroom. The first useful upgrade is more dedicated VRAM so you can fit the model without shrinking context or dropping to a much lower quant.
