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⇱ stablelm 2 zephyr 1 6b on RTX 2080 Ti 11GB? YES

Can stablelm 2 zephyr 1 6b run on RTX 2080 Ti 11GB?

YES — Runs Great

C55Usable
○Estimated from fit model

stablelm 2 zephyr 1 6b needs ~6.7 GB VRAM. RTX 2080 Ti 11GB has 11.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~84 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: MediumStack: BasicBottleneck: 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) — 6.7 GB, 84.0 tok/s, Runs well
6.7 GB required11.0 GB available
61% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

84.0 tok/s

TTFT

2305 ms

Safe context

115K

Memory

6.7 GB / 11.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights3.7 GB
KV Cache0.7 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom1.1 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsstablelm 2 zephyr 1 6b on RTX 2080 Ti 11GB
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: 84.0 tok/s decode · 2.3s TTFT (warm) · 210 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

This setup is broadly balanced for this model.

Older PCIe generation

PCIe 3.0 is workable, but it compounds the penalty when you offload heavily or try to scale across multiple cards.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatCRuns well84.0 tok/s1257 ms115K
CodingCRuns well84.0 tok/s2305 ms115K
Agentic CodingBRuns well84.0 tok/s3352 ms115K
ReasoningCRuns well84.0 tok/s2724 ms115K
RAGBRuns well84.0 tok/s4190 ms115K

Quantization options

How stablelm 2 zephyr 1 6b (6B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 2080 Ti 11GB (11.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
2.3 GB
LowC49
Q3_K_S
3
2.9 GB
LowC50
NVFP4
4
3.4 GB
MediumC51
Q4_K_M
4
3.7 GB
MediumC51
Q5_K_M
5
4.3 GB
HighC52
Q6_K
6
4.9 GB
HighC53
Q8_0Best for your GPU
8
6.4 GB
Very HighC52
F16
16
12.3 GB
MaximumF0

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run stablelm 2 zephyr 1 6b on your machine.

Run

lms load hf-stabilityai--stablelm-2-zephyr-1-6b && lms server start

Frequently asked questions

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