Can DevStral 7B run on RX 6800 XT 16GB?

YES — Runs Great

A78Great

○Estimated from fit model

DevStral 7B needs ~8.7 GB VRAM. RX 6800 XT 16GB has 16.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~72 tok/s.

Runtime: llama.cppCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: MediumStack: StandardBottleneck: Balanced

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.

Capabilities:

Select quantization to explore

Q4_K_M (Medium quality) — 8.7 GB, 72.2 tok/s, Runs well

8.7 GB required16.0 GB available

54% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

72.2 tok/s

TTFT

2682 ms

Safe context

Memory

8.7 GB / 16.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights4.3 GB

KV Cache2.0 GB

Runtime0.9 GB

Headroom1.6 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsDevStral 7B on RX 6800 XT 16GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>Write a Python function to sort a list
Here's a Python function that sorts a list using quicksort:

def quicksort(arr):
 if len(arr) <= 1:
 return arr
 pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2]
 left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot]
 middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot]
 right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot]
 return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right)

# Example usage
numbers = [3, 6, 8, 10, 1, 2, 1]
print(quicksort(numbers)) # [1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10]

The algorithm picks a pivot, partitions the list into smaller, equal, and larger elements, then recursively sorts each partition and concatenates the results.
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>Now add type hints and a docstring
def quicksort(arr: list[int]) -> list[int]:
 """Sort a list using the quicksort algorithm.

 Args:
 arr: List of integers to sort.

 Returns:
 A new sorted list.
 """
 if len(arr) <= 1:
 return arr
 pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2]
 left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot]
 middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot]
 right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot]
 return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right)

Added type hints for the input and return type, plus a Google-style docstring.
Estimated: 72.2 tok/s decode · 2.7s TTFT (warm) · 181 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

This setup is broadly balanced for this model.

No major red flags

This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Chat	A	Runs well	72.2 tok/s	1463 ms	8K
Coding	A	Runs well	72.2 tok/s	2682 ms	8K
Agentic Coding	A	Runs well	72.2 tok/s	3901 ms	8K
Reasoning	A	Runs well	72.2 tok/s	3170 ms	8K
RAG	A	Runs well	72.2 tok/s	4876 ms	8K

Quantization options

How DevStral 7B (7B params) fits at each quantization level on RX 6800 XT 16GB (16.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	2.7 GB	Low	A72
Q3_K_S	3	3.4 GB	Low	A72
NVFP4	4	3.9 GB	Medium	A73
Q4_K_M	4	4.3 GB	Medium	A73
Q5_K_M	5	5.0 GB	High	A74
Q6_K	6	5.7 GB	High	A75
Q8_0Best for your GPU	8	7.5 GB	Very High	A76
F16	16	14.3 GB	Maximum	F0

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run DevStral 7B on your machine.

Run

ollama run devstral

Your hardware

More models your RX 6800 XT 16GB can run

Model	Params	Grade	Decode
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.5 9B	9B	S	56.1 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3 14B	14B	S	36.3 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3 8B	8B	S	63.2 tok/s
👁 Microsoft Phi-4-reasoning-plus 14B	14.7B	S	34.4 tok/s
👁 OpenAI GPT-OSS 20B	21B	A	33.2 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

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