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Nous Dolphin 13B (13B parameters) requires approximately 23.4 GB of VRAM with Q5_K_M quantization. For the best balance of quality and speed, we recommend hardware with at least 27 GB of VRAM.
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— copy & paste to run locallyCopy-paste commands to run Nous Dolphin 13B on your machine.
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docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \
--hf-repo "nousresearch/Nous-Dolphin-13B" \
--hf-file "Nous-Dolphin-13B-Q5_K_M.gguf" \
-c 4096 -ngl 99Quick specs
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| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.1 GB | Low | — |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.4 GB | Low | — |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.3 GB | Medium | — |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 7.9 GB | Medium | — |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 9.4 GB | High | — |
Q6_K | 6 | 10.7 GB | High | — |
Q8_0 | 8 | 13.9 GB | Very High | — |
F16 | 16 | 26.7 GB | Maximum | — |
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Frequently asked questions
Nous Dolphin 13B (13B parameters) requires approximately 23.4 GB of VRAM with Q5_K_M quantization. Lower quantizations like Q4_K_M use less memory but may reduce quality.
Yes, Mac mini M4 64GB can run Nous Dolphin 13B with a compatibility score of 69/100. It provides 64 GB of memory and achieves approximately 8.3 tokens per second.
The recommended quantization for Nous Dolphin 13B is Q5_K_M, which offers the best balance between model quality and memory efficiency. Higher quantizations preserve more quality but require more VRAM.
The top recommended hardware for Nous Dolphin 13B: RTX 5090 32GB (score: 78/100), AMD Instinct MI100 32GB (score: 77/100), RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB (score: 77/100). These provide the best combination of memory, bandwidth, and compute for running this model locally.
Yes, Nous Dolphin 13B is well-suited for chat as well as rag. It was designed with these use cases in mind.
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