Zephyr 7B Beta needs ~9.0 GB VRAM. RTX 5060 Ti 16GB has 16.0 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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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
69.9 tok/s
TTFT
2769 ms
Safe context
33K
Memory
9.0 GB / 16.0 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 | C | Runs well | 69.9 tok/s | 1510 ms | 33K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 69.9 tok/s | 2769 ms | 33K |
| Agentic Coding | B | Runs well | 69.9 tok/s | 4027 ms | 33K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 69.9 tok/s | 3272 ms | 33K |
| RAG | B | Runs well | 69.9 tok/s | 5034 ms | 33K |
How Zephyr 7B Beta (7B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (16.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | C47 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | C48 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 3.9 GB | Medium | C48 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | C49 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | C49 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | C50 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | C52 |
F16 | 16 | 14.3 GB | Maximum | F0 |
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ollama run zephyrYes, RTX 5060 Ti 16GB can run Zephyr 7B Beta with a C grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 69.9 tok/s.
Zephyr 7B Beta (7B parameters) requires approximately 9.0 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Zephyr 7B Beta is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Zephyr 7B Beta achieves approximately 69.9 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 2769ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Zephyr 7B Beta on RTX 5060 Ti 16GB receives a C grade with 69.9 tok/s and 33K context.
On RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Zephyr 7B Beta can safely use up to 33K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 33K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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