Can baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B run on RTX 4080 Super 16GB?

YES — With Q2_K

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Estimated from fit model

baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B needs ~19.0 GB VRAM. RTX 4080 Super 16GB has 16.0 GB. With Q2_K quantization, expect ~22 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: OffloadBandwidth: MediumStack: BasicBottleneck: Host offload
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Operating mode

Choose the run profile you care about

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.

baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B at Q4_K_M needs 26.1 GB — too much for RTX 4080 Super 16GB (16.0 GB). Runs at Q2_K (19.0 GB) with low quality.
Capabilities:

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Q4_K_M (Medium quality) 26.1 GB, exceeds 16.0 GB available
26.1 GB required16.0 GB available
163% VRAM needed

10.1 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization

Fit status

Too heavy

Decode

8.4 tok/s

TTFT

23050 ms

Safe context

4K

Memory

26.1 GB / 16.0 GB

Offload

40%

Memory breakdown

Weights19.5 GB
KV Cache3.8 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom1.6 GB

See how fast it feels

With memory offload — actual speed may be lower
See how fast it feelsbaichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B on RTX 4080 Super 16GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>What is local AI inference?
Local AI inference means running an AI language model directly on your own hardware — your laptop, desktop, or server — instead of sending requests to a remote cloud API. When you run inference locally the model weights are loaded into your GPU or unified memory. Each token you generate requires reading those weights from memory, so memory bandwidth is the main bottleneck for decode speed. Key benefits of running locally: - Full privacy: your prompts never leave your machine - No per-token cost or rate limits - Works offline once the model is downloaded - Latency depends only on your hardware
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>How much VRAM do I need?
It depends on the model size and quantization level. A rough rule of thumb: Model size Q4 (4-bit) Q8 (8-bit) FP16 7B params ~4.3 GB ~7.5 GB ~14 GB 13B params ~7.9 GB ~13.9 GB ~26 GB 70B params ~42.7 GB ~74.9 GB ~140 GB Most people use 4-bit quantization (Q4_K_M) which gives 90-95% of full quality at a fraction of the memory. A 24 GB GPU can comfortably run most 7B-13B models.
Estimated: 8.4 tok/s decode · 23.1s TTFT (warm) · 21 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

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.

Best improvement path

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 2.0 GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatFToo heavy9.8 tok/s10745 ms4K
CodingFToo heavy8.4 tok/s23050 ms4K
Agentic CodingFToo heavy6.3 tok/s44490 ms4K
ReasoningFToo heavy8.4 tok/s27241 ms4K
RAGFToo heavy6.3 tok/s55612 ms4K

Inference speed

baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B inference speed — tokens per second by GPU & Mac

Estimated decode speed (tokens/sec) for baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B at Q4_K_M across popular GPUs and Apple Silicon, using the fastest local runtime per device. Fastest is RTX 5090 32GB at ~62 tok/s. Speed is memory-bandwidth bound, so cards that fit the whole model in VRAM run far faster than ones that offload to system RAM.

GPU / MacMemoryQuantSpeed (tok/s)Fits?
NVIDIARTX 5090 32GB
32 GBQ4_K_M61.5Tight
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB
128 GBQ4_K_M30.8Fits
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB
64 GBQ4_K_M30.8Fits
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB
256 GBQ4_K_M28.5Fits
Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB
128 GBQ4_K_M23.8Fits
NVIDIARTX 4090 24GB
24 GBQ4_K_M23.2Heavy offload
Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB
128 GBQ4_K_M22.5Fits
RX 7900 XTX 24GB
24 GBQ4_K_M21.4Heavy offload
NVIDIARTX 3090 24GB
24 GBQ4_K_M19.8Heavy offload
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB
48 GBQ4_K_M19.4Tight
MacBook Pro M3 Max 64GB
64 GBQ4_K_M12.3Fits
MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB
64 GBQ4_K_M11.3Fits
NVIDIARTX 4080 Super 16GB
16 GBQ4_K_M8.4Too big
NVIDIARTX 4070 12GB
12 GBQ4_K_M2.9Too big
NVIDIARTX 3060 12GB
12 GBQ4_K_M2.0Too big
NVIDIARTX 4060 8GB
8 GBQ4_K_M2.0Too big

Estimates for single-stream decoding at Q4_K_M; real tokens/sec varies with prompt length, context, batch size, and runtime build. Prompt processing (prefill) is faster than the decode figures shown here.

Quantization options

How baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B (32B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 4080 Super 16GB (16.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
12.5 GB
LowF0
Q3_K_S
3
15.7 GB
LowF0
NVFP4
4
17.9 GB
MediumF0
Q4_K_M
4
19.5 GB
MediumF0
Q5_K_M
5
23.0 GB
HighF0
Q6_K
6
26.2 GB
HighF0
Q8_0
8
34.2 GB
Very HighF0
F16
16
65.6 GB
MaximumF0

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B on your machine.

Run

lms load hf-bartowski--baichuan-inc-baichuan-m2-32b-gguf && lms server start

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Frequently asked questions

Can RTX 4080 Super 16GB run baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B?

Yes, RTX 4080 Super 16GB can run baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B at Q2_K quantization (Very compromised (needs ~2 GB host RAM)). The recommended Q4_K_M requires 26.1 GB which exceeds available memory, but at Q2_K it needs only 19.0 GB. Expected decode speed: 21.7 tok/s.

How much VRAM does baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B need?

baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B (32B parameters) requires approximately 26.1 GB at Q4_K_M quantization. On RTX 4080 Super 16GB, it fits at Q2_K using 19.0 GB.

What is the best quantization for baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B?

The recommended quantization is Q4_K_M, but on RTX 4080 Super 16GB the best fitting quantization is Q2_K, which uses 19.0 GB.

What speed will baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B run at on RTX 4080 Super 16GB?

On RTX 4080 Super 16GB, baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B achieves approximately 21.7 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 8938ms using Q2_K quantization.

Can RTX 4080 Super 16GB run baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B for coding?

For coding workloads, baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B on RTX 4080 Super 16GB receives a F grade with 8.4 tok/s and 4K context.

What context window can baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B use on RTX 4080 Super 16GB?

On RTX 4080 Super 16GB, baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B can safely use up to 4K tokens of context at Q2_K quantization. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.

What should I upgrade first if baichuan inc Baichuan M2 32B feels slow on RTX 4080 Super 16GB?

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.

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