Vicuna 7B needs ~14.2 GB VRAM. Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB has 12.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~30 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
2.2 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Very compromised (needs ~0.7 GB host RAM)
Decode
29.9 tok/s
TTFT
6477 ms
Safe context
4K
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 {ram} GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | C | Tight fit | 56.7 tok/s | 1864 ms | 4K |
| Coding | D | Very compromised | 29.9 tok/s | 6477 ms | 4K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 11.9 tok/s | 23727 ms | 4K |
| Reasoning | D | Very compromised (needs ~0.7 GB host RAM) | 29.9 tok/s | 7654 ms | 4K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 11.9 tok/s | 29659 ms | 4K |
How Vicuna 7B (7B params) fits at each quantization level on Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB (12.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | C50 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | C50 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run Vicuna 7B on your machine.
Run
ollama run vicunaUpgrade options
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 31%.
~$329 MSRP
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 58%.
~$349 MSRP
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 211%.
~$479 MSRP
Yes, Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB can run Vicuna 7B with a D grade (Very compromised). Expected decode speed: 29.9 tok/s.
Vicuna 7B (7B parameters) requires approximately 14.2 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Vicuna 7B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB, Vicuna 7B achieves approximately 29.9 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 6477ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Vicuna 7B on Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB receives a D grade with 29.9 tok/s and 4K context.
On Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB, Vicuna 7B can safely use up to 4K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 4K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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Preview:
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 | C53 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | C52 |
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.