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Can Nous Hermes 2 SOLAR 10.7B run on RX 6650 XT 8GB?

BARELY — Tight on Memory

D31Poor
○Estimated from fit model

Nous Hermes 2 SOLAR 10.7B needs ~9.5 GB VRAM. RX 6650 XT 8GB has 8.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~12 tok/s.

Runtime: llama.cppCapacity: OffloadBandwidth: LowStack: StandardBottleneck: Host offload
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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) — 9.5 GB, 11.5 tok/s, Very compromised (needs ~1 GB host RAM)
9.5 GB required8.0 GB available
119% VRAM needed

1.5 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization

Fit status

Very compromised (needs ~1 GB host RAM)

Decode

11.5 tok/s

TTFT

16869 ms

Safe context

4K

Memory

9.5 GB / 8.0 GB

Offload

20%

Memory breakdown

Weights6.5 GB
KV Cache1.3 GB
Runtime0.9 GB
Headroom0.8 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsNous Hermes 2 SOLAR 10.7B on RX 6650 XT 8GB
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: 11.5 tok/s decode · 16.9s TTFT (warm) · 29 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

It fits through host-memory offload, and offload is the main reason performance drops.

CPU or host-memory offload is active

About 20% of the working set spills out of accelerator memory, which usually hurts latency and sustained decode throughput.

Very little memory headroom

You can run the model, but there is not much room left for longer context, bigger batches, extra apps, or future model updates.

Best improvement path

Remove offload with more accelerator memory

Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.

Buy headroom, not only minimum fit

A slightly larger memory tier gives you safer context growth and makes the recommendation more future-proof.

Increase host RAM if you keep offloading

This setup may need roughly {ram} GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatDVery compromised13.3 tok/s7967 ms4K
CodingDVery compromised11.5 tok/s16869 ms4K
Agentic CodingFToo heavy8.8 tok/s31869 ms4K
ReasoningDVery compromised11.5 tok/s19936 ms4K
RAGFToo heavy8.8 tok/s39837 ms4K

Quantization options

How Nous Hermes 2 SOLAR 10.7B (10.699999809265137B params) fits at each quantization level on RX 6650 XT 8GB (8.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
4.2 GB
LowC53
Q3_K_SBest for your GPU
3
5.2 GB
LowC53

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Nous Hermes 2 SOLAR 10.7B on your machine.

Run

lms load hf-thebloke--nous-hermes-2-solar-10-7b-gguf && lms server start

Upgrade options

Hardware that runs Nous Hermes 2 SOLAR 10.7B well

RX 7600 XT 16GBBudget pick
16 GB VRAM (+8)288 GB/s (+8)
C
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.25.6 tok/s decode

Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.

Raises estimated decode speed by about 123%.

~$329 MSRP

RX 9060 XT 16GBBest value
16 GB VRAM (+8)320 GB/s (+40)
C
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.30.9 tok/s decode

Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.

Raises estimated decode speed by about 169%.

~$349 MSRP

RX 7700 XT 12GBAMD upgrade
12 GB VRAM (+4)432 GB/s (+152)
C
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.39.7 tok/s decode

Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.

Raises estimated decode speed by about 245%.

~$449 MSRP

Frequently asked questions

See all results for RX 6650 XT 8GBSee all hardware for Nous Hermes 2 SOLAR 10.7B
NVFP4
4
6.0 GB
Medium
F0
Q4_K_M
4
6.5 GB
MediumF0
Q5_K_M
5
7.7 GB
HighF0
Q6_K
6
8.8 GB
HighF0
Q8_0
8
11.4 GB
Very HighF0
F16
16
21.9 GB
MaximumF0

Remove offload with more accelerator memory. Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.