Can I run Mistral Nemo?

12B with 128K context, built with NVIDIA. Great mid-size all-rounder.

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What runs it

machinebest fitverdictspeed
Apple M1 · 8GB 12B Q4_K_M ❌ Won't fit
Apple M1 Pro · 16GB 12B Q8_0 🐢 CPU-only (slow) 0.9–2 tok/s
Apple M2 · 16GB 12B Q8_0 🐢 CPU-only (slow) 0.5–0.9 tok/s
Apple M3 Pro · 18GB 12B Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 10–16 tok/s
Apple M2 Pro · 32GB 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 8–13 tok/s
Apple M4 Pro · 48GB 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 10–17 tok/s
Apple M3 Max · 36GB 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 13–20 tok/s
Apple M2 Max · 64GB 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 13–20 tok/s
Apple M4 Max · 128GB 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 17–30 tok/s
Apple M2 Ultra · 192GB 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 18–30 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 · 12GB VRAM 12B Q5_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 15–25 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 · 12GB VRAM 12B Q5_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 20–35 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 · 24GB VRAM 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 30–50 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 · 16GB VRAM 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs (tight) 30–45 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 · 32GB VRAM 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 55–90 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX · 24GB VRAM 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 30–45 tok/s

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Architectural kin

19 models share Mistral Nemo's KV-cache geometry — they size memory the same way, so a rig that fits one tends to fit its same-size kin.

…and 7 more.

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