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Can Yi Coder 9B run on NVIDIA L4 24GB?

YES — Runs Great

B60Good
Estimated from fit model

Yi Coder 9B needs ~10.6 GB VRAM. NVIDIA L4 24GB has 24.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~36 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: LowStack: 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) — 10.6 GB, 38.6 tok/s, Runs well
10.6 GB required24.0 GB available
44% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

38.6 tok/s

TTFT

5012 ms

Safe context

131K

Memory

10.6 GB / 24.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights5.5 GB
KV Cache1.5 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom2.4 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsYi Coder 9B on NVIDIA L4 24GB
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: 38.6 tok/s decode · 5.0s TTFT (warm) · 97 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
ChatBRuns well35.5 tok/s2973 ms131K
CodingBRuns well35.5 tok/s5451 ms131K
Agentic CodingBRuns well35.5 tok/s7928 ms131K
ReasoningBRuns well35.5 tok/s6442 ms131K
RAGBRuns well35.5 tok/s9910 ms131K

Quantization options

How Yi Coder 9B (9B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA L4 24GB (24.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
3.5 GB
LowB57
Q3_K_S
3
4.4 GB
LowB57
NVFP4
4

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Yi Coder 9B on your machine.

Run

lms load Yi-Coder-9B-Chat && lms server start

Upgrade options

Hardware that runs Yi Coder 9B well

👁 NVIDIA
RTX 5090 32GBBudget pick
32 GB VRAM (+8)1792 GB/s (+1492)
B
Raises estimated decode speed by about 226%.126 tok/s decode

Raises estimated decode speed by about 226%.

Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.

~$1,999 MSRP

👁 NVIDIA
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GBBest value
32 GB VRAM (+8)896 GB/s (+596)
B
Raises estimated decode speed by about 226%.126 tok/s decode

Raises estimated decode speed by about 226%.

Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.

~$2,499 MSRP

👁 NVIDIA
RTX 5000 Ada 32GBNVIDIA upgrade
32 GB VRAM (+8)576 GB/s (+276)
B
Raises estimated decode speed by about 137%.91.3 tok/s decode

Raises estimated decode speed by about 137%.

Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.

~$4,000 MSRP

Frequently asked questions

See all results for NVIDIA L4 24GBSee all hardware for Yi Coder 9B
5.0 GB
Medium
B58
Q4_K_M
4
5.5 GB
MediumB58
Q5_K_M
5
6.5 GB
HighB58
Q6_K
6
7.4 GB
HighB59
Q8_0
8
9.6 GB
Very HighB60
F16Best for your GPU
16
18.5 GB
MaximumB62