Nous Hermes 1.0 needs ~20.1 GB but RTX 4080 Laptop 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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8.1 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Too heavy
Decode
15.5 tok/s
TTFT
12452 ms
Safe context
5K
Memory
20.1 GB / 12.0 GB
Offload
40%
Usable VRAM is the main blocker for this model.
Not enough usable memory
The model needs 20.1 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 ~0.8 GB host RAM) | 33.3 tok/s | 3170 ms | 5K |
| Coding | F | Too heavy | 15.5 tok/s | 12452 ms | 5K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 9.2 tok/s | 30587 ms | 5K |
| Reasoning | F | Too heavy | 15.5 tok/s | 14717 ms | 5K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 9.2 tok/s | 38234 ms | 5K |
How Nous Hermes 1.0 (9B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 4080 Laptop 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 | 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 |
Opciones de mejora
RTX 4000 Ada 20GBOpción 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.
~$1,250 MSRP
RTX 3090 24GBMejor 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.
~$1,499 MSRP
RTX 4090 24GBMejora 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.
~$1,599 MSRP
No, Nous Hermes 1.0 requires more memory than RTX 4080 Laptop 12GB provides.
Nous Hermes 1.0 (9B parameters) requires approximately 20.1 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 RTX 4080 Laptop 12GB, Nous Hermes 1.0 achieves approximately 15.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 12452ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Nous Hermes 1.0 on RTX 4080 Laptop 12GB receives a F grade with 15.5 tok/s and 5K context.
On RTX 4080 Laptop 12GB, Nous Hermes 1.0 can safely use up to 5K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 16K, 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.
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