Mistral Nemo 12B needs ~11.4 GB but RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 4GB only has 4.0 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.
Select quantization to explore
7.4 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Too heavy
Decode
3.3 tok/s
TTFT
58684 ms
Safe context
4K
Memory
11.4 GB / 4.0 GB
Offload
60%
Usable VRAM is the main blocker for this model.
Not enough usable memory
The model needs 11.4 GB, but this setup only exposes 4.0 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 | F | Too heavy | 3.3 tok/s | 32010 ms | 4K |
| Coding | F | Too heavy | 3.3 tok/s | 58684 ms | 4K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 3.3 tok/s | 85359 ms | 4K |
| Reasoning | F | Too heavy | 3.3 tok/s | 69354 ms | 4K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 3.1 tok/s | 114701 ms | 4K |
How Mistral Nemo 12B (12B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 4GB (4.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 4.7 GB | Low | F0 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 5.9 GB | Low | F0 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 6.7 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 7.3 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 8.6 GB | High | F0 |
Q6_K | 6 | 9.8 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 12.8 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 24.6 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Opciones de mejora
RTX 3060 12GBOpción económicaHace que el modelo quepa en el acelerador en lugar de seguir fuera de alcance.
Elimina el offload a memoria del sistema, que suele ser la mayor mejora individual en latencia y throughput.
~$329 MSRP
RTX 5060 Ti 16GBMejor relación calidad-precioHace que el modelo quepa en el acelerador en lugar de seguir fuera de alcance.
Elimina el offload a memoria del sistema, que suele ser la mayor mejora individual en latencia y throughput.
~$449 MSRP
RTX 4060 Ti 16GBMejora NVIDIAHace que el modelo quepa en el acelerador en lugar de seguir fuera de alcance.
Elimina el offload a memoria del sistema, que suele ser la mayor mejora individual en latencia y throughput.
~$499 MSRP
No, Mistral Nemo 12B requires more memory than RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 4GB provides.
Mistral Nemo 12B (12B parameters) requires approximately 11.4 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Mistral Nemo 12B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 4GB, Mistral Nemo 12B achieves approximately 3.3 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 58684ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Mistral Nemo 12B on RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 4GB receives a F grade with 3.3 tok/s and 4K context.
On RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 4GB, Mistral Nemo 12B can safely use up to 4K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 128K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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.
Paste this snippet into any page to show a live fit card.
<iframe src="https://willitrunai.com/embed/mistral-nemo-12b-on-rtx-3050-ti-laptop-4gb" width="400" height="180" frameborder="0" style="border:none;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden;" title="Will It Run AI — fit result"></iframe>
Preview:
