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Can Codestral 21B Pruned i1 run on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB?

YES — Runs Great

C49Usable
Estimated from fit model

Codestral 21B Pruned i1 needs ~22.6 GB VRAM. AMD Instinct MI210 64GB has 64.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~87 tok/s.

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

Capabilities:

Select quantization to explore

Q4_K_M (Medium quality) — 22.6 GB, 87.0 tok/s, Runs well
22.6 GB required64.0 GB available
35% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

87.0 tok/s

TTFT

2227 ms

Safe context

285K

Memory

22.6 GB / 64.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights12.8 GB
KV Cache2.5 GB
Runtime0.9 GB
Headroom6.4 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsCodestral 21B Pruned i1 on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB
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: 87.0 tok/s decode · 2.2s TTFT (warm) · 217 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

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatCRuns well87.0 tok/s1214 ms285K
CodingCRuns well87.0 tok/s2227 ms285K
Agentic CodingCRuns well87.0 tok/s3239 ms285K
ReasoningCRuns well87.0 tok/s2631 ms285K
RAGCRuns well87.0 tok/s4048 ms285K

Quantization options

How Codestral 21B Pruned i1 (21B params) fits at each quantization level on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB (64.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
8.2 GB
LowC41
Q3_K_S
3
10.3 GB
LowC41
NVFP4
4

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Codestral 21B Pruned i1 on your machine.

Run

lms load hf-mradermacher--codestral-21b-pruned-i1-gguf && lms server start

Frequently asked questions

See all results for AMD Instinct MI210 64GBSee all hardware for Codestral 21B Pruned i1
11.8 GB
Medium
C41
Q4_K_M
4
12.8 GB
MediumC41
Q5_K_M
5
15.1 GB
HighC42
Q6_K
6
17.2 GB
HighC42
Q8_0
8
22.5 GB
Very HighC43
F16Best for your GPU
16
43.1 GB
MaximumC47