Can Nemotron Nano 8B run on RX 6800 XT 16GB?

YES — Runs Great

S88Excellent

○Estimated from fit model

Nemotron Nano 8B needs ~9.3 GB VRAM. RX 6800 XT 16GB has 16.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~63 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) — 9.3 GB, 63.2 tok/s, Runs well

9.3 GB required16.0 GB available

58% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

63.2 tok/s

TTFT

3065 ms

Safe context

71K

Memory

9.3 GB / 16.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights4.9 GB

KV Cache2.0 GB

Runtime0.9 GB

Headroom1.6 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsNemotron Nano 8B 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: 63.2 tok/s decode · 3.1s TTFT (warm) · 158 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	S	Runs well	63.2 tok/s	1672 ms	71K
Coding	S	Runs well	63.2 tok/s	3065 ms	71K
Agentic Coding	S	Runs well	63.2 tok/s	4458 ms	71K
Reasoning	S	Runs well	63.2 tok/s	3623 ms	71K
RAG	S	Runs well	63.2 tok/s	5573 ms	71K

Quantization options

How Nemotron Nano 8B (8B params) fits at each quantization level on RX 6800 XT 16GB (16.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	3.1 GB	Low	A82
Q3_K_S	3	3.9 GB	Low	A83
NVFP4	4	4.5 GB	Medium	A83
Q4_K_M	4	4.9 GB	Medium	A84
Q5_K_M	5	5.8 GB	High	A85
Q6_K	6	6.6 GB	High	S85
Q8_0Best for your GPU	8	8.6 GB	Very High	S86
F16	16	16.4 GB	Maximum	F0

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Nemotron Nano 8B on your machine.

Run

lms load Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Nano-8B-v1 && lms server start

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
👁 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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⇱ Nemotron Nano 8B on RX 6800 XT 16GB? YES