Can OLMo 2 13B run on Radeon RX 7800M 12GB?

YES — With Offload

A76Great

○Estimated from fit model

OLMo 2 13B needs ~12.5 GB VRAM. Radeon RX 7800M 12GB has 12.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~24 tok/s.

Runtime: llama.cppCapacity: OffloadBandwidth: LowStack: 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) — 12.5 GB, 24.0 tok/s, Runs with offload (needs ~0.3 GB host RAM)

12.5 GB required12.0 GB available

104% VRAM needed

0.5 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization

Fit status

Runs with offload (needs ~0.3 GB host RAM)

Decode

24.0 tok/s

TTFT

8065 ms

Safe context

13K

Memory

12.5 GB / 12.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights7.9 GB

KV Cache2.4 GB

Runtime0.9 GB

Headroom1.2 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsOLMo 2 13B on Radeon RX 7800M 12GB
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: 24.0 tok/s decode · 8.1s TTFT (warm) · 60 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

This setup is broadly balanced for this model.

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

Buy headroom, not only minimum fit

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

Performance by workload

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Chat	A	Tight fit	34.7 tok/s	3042 ms	13K
Coding	A	Runs with offload (needs ~0.3 GB host RAM)	24.0 tok/s	8065 ms	13K
Agentic Coding	F	Too heavy	16.5 tok/s	17090 ms	13K
Reasoning	A	Runs with offload (needs ~0.3 GB host RAM)	24.0 tok/s	9531 ms	13K
RAG	F	Too heavy	16.5 tok/s	21363 ms	13K

Quantization options

How OLMo 2 13B (13B params) fits at each quantization level on Radeon RX 7800M 12GB (12.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	5.1 GB	Low	A79
Q3_K_S	3	6.4 GB	Low	A79
NVFP4	4	7.3 GB	Medium	A79
Q4_K_MBest for your GPU	4	7.9 GB	Medium	A79
Q5_K_M	5	9.4 GB	High	F0
Q6_K	6	10.7 GB	High	F0
Q8_0	8	13.9 GB	Very High	F0
F16	16	26.7 GB	Maximum	F0

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run OLMo 2 13B on your machine.

Run

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \
 --hf-repo "allenai/OLMo-2-13B-Instruct" \
 --hf-file "OLMo-2-13B-Instruct-Q4_K_M.gguf" \
 -c 4096 -ngl 99

Your hardware

More models your Radeon RX 7800M 12GB can run

Model	Params	Grade	Decode
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3 14B	14B	A	20.2 tok/s
👁 Microsoft Phi-4-reasoning-plus 14B	14.7B	A	16.3 tok/s
👁 Mistral Ministral 3 14B	14B	A	20.1 tok/s
👁 Microsoft Phi-4 14B	14B	A	18.2 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 2.5 14B	14B	B	18.7 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

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⇱ OLMo 2 13B on Radeon RX 7800M 12GB? YES