Qwen 2.5 VL 7B needs ~7.1 GB VRAM. RTX 5060 Ti 8GB has 8.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~65 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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Fit status
Tight fit
Decode
70.6 tok/s
TTFT
2741 ms
Safe context
32K
Memory
7.1 GB / 8.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | A | Tight fit | 70.6 tok/s | 1495 ms | 32K |
| Coding | A | Tight fit | 65.0 tok/s | 2976 ms | 32K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs with offload | 70.6 tok/s | 3987 ms | 32K |
| Reasoning | A | Tight fit | 70.6 tok/s | 3240 ms | 32K |
| RAG | A | Runs with offload | 70.6 tok/s | 4984 ms | 32K |
How Qwen 2.5 VL 7B (7B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (8.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | A83 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | A83 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run Qwen 2.5 VL 7B on your machine.
Run
lms load Qwen2.5-VL-7B-Instruct && lms server startYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8B | A | 36.2 tok/s | ||
| 8B | A | 38.2 tok/s |
Yes, RTX 5060 Ti 8GB can run Qwen 2.5 VL 7B with a A grade (Tight fit). Expected decode speed: 65.0 tok/s.
Qwen 2.5 VL 7B (7B parameters) requires approximately 7.1 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Qwen 2.5 VL 7B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, Qwen 2.5 VL 7B achieves approximately 65.0 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 2976ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Qwen 2.5 VL 7B on RTX 5060 Ti 8GB receives a A grade with 65.0 tok/s and 32K context.
On RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, Qwen 2.5 VL 7B can safely use up to 32K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 33K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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Preview:
| Medium |
| A83 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | A83 |
Q5_K_MBest for your GPU | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | A82 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 14.3 GB | Maximum | F0 |
| 8B | A | 38.2 tok/s |
| 8B | A | 36.2 tok/s |
| 8B | A | 38.2 tok/s |