Raises estimated decode speed by about 779%.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
〜$30,000 MSRP
CodeLlama 13B Instruct needs ~53.1 GB VRAM. NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB has 0 MB. With F16 quantization, expect ~9 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
20.7 tok/s
TTFT
9373 ms
Safe context
16K
Memory
34.4 GB / 108.8 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
Shared-memory contention still exists
The OS, browser, and inference runtime all compete for the same physical memory pool, so real-world headroom is less forgiving than raw capacity suggests.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | F | Too heavy | 3.7 tok/s | 28402 ms | 4K |
| Coding | F | Too heavy | 3.7 tok/s | 52071 ms | 4K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 3.7 tok/s | 75739 ms | 4K |
| Reasoning | F | Too heavy | 3.7 tok/s | 61538 ms | 4K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 3.7 tok/s | 94674 ms | 4K |
How CodeLlama 13B Instruct (13B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB (92.2 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.1 GB | Low | B64 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.4 GB | Low | B64 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.3 GB | Medium | B64 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 7.9 GB | Medium | B65 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 9.4 GB | High | B65 |
Q6_K | 6 | 10.7 GB | High | B65 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 13.9 GB | Very High | B65 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 26.7 GB | Maximum | B67 |
Copy-paste commands to run CodeLlama 13B Instruct on your machine.
Run
lms load CodeLlama-13b-Instruct-hf && lms server startアップグレードオプション
Raises estimated decode speed by about 779%.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
〜$30,000 MSRP
Raises estimated decode speed by about 779%.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
〜$30,000 MSRP
Raises estimated decode speed by about 779%.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
〜$30,000 MSRP
Yes, NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB can run CodeLlama 13B Instruct at F16 quantization (Runs well). The recommended Q4_K_M requires 21.3 GB which exceeds available memory, but at F16 it needs only 53.1 GB. Expected decode speed: 8.6 tok/s.
CodeLlama 13B Instruct (13B parameters) requires approximately 21.3 GB at Q4_K_M quantization. On NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB, it fits at F16 using 53.1 GB.
The recommended quantization is Q4_K_M, but on NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB the best fitting quantization is F16, which uses 53.1 GB.
On NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB, CodeLlama 13B Instruct achieves approximately 8.6 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 22499ms using F16 quantization.
For coding workloads, CodeLlama 13B Instruct on NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB receives a F grade with 3.7 tok/s and 4K context.
On NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB, CodeLlama 13B Instruct can safely use up to 16K tokens of context at F16 quantization. The model's official context limit is 16K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
Not always. NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB can often fit larger models thanks to unified memory, but a discrete GPU with dedicated high-bandwidth VRAM may still decode faster once the model fits. For this combination, the important distinction is capacity versus sustained throughput.
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