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⇱ MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B VRAM Requirements — GPU Compatibility


👁 OpenBMB
OpenBMB

MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B

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👁 huggingface
HuggingFace
128.4KDownloads1.1KLikesAug 2024Released2K tokensContextApache 2.0License72 StrongQuality

MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B (8B parameters) requires approximately 8.6 GB of VRAM with Q4_K_M quantization. For the best balance of quality and speed, we recommend hardware with at least 10 GB of VRAM.

Get started

— copy & paste to run locally

Copy-paste commands to run MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B on your machine.

Run

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \ --hf-repo "openbmb/MiniCPM-V-2_6" \ --hf-file "MiniCPM-V-2_6-Q4_K_M.gguf" \ -c 4096 -ngl 99

Quick specs

Parameters8B
Architecturedense
Context2K tokens
Modalitytext+vision
Min RAM3.1 GB
Rec. RAM4.9 GB (Q4_K_M)
LicenseApache 2.0
FamilyMiniCPM
✓ Vision✓ Chat

About this model

MiniCPM-V 2.6 is OpenBMB's compact multimodal model supporting image and video understanding alongside text. Delivers strong visual reasoning and OCR capabilities at 8B parameter scale.

Your hardware

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Quick picks

👁 Intel
Best budgetA
Intel Arc B570 10GB~$219 — 45 tok/s
👁 NVIDIA
Best overallS
RTX 3080 Ti 12GB~$1,199 — 112 tok/s

Best hardware

Top picks for MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B

RTX 3080 Ti 12GBS
12 GB
RTX 5070 12GBS
12 GB
RTX 3080 12GBS
12 GB
RTX 2080 Ti 11GBS
11 GB
RTX 4070 Super 12GBS
12 GB

Run this model

MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B on RTX 3080 Ti 12GBMiniCPM-V 2.6 8B on RTX 5070 12GBMiniCPM-V 2.6 8B on RTX 3080 12GB

Quantization options

VRAM estimates by quant level

No hardware detected — fit column shows raw VRAM estimates

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
3.1 GB
Low
Q3_K_S
3
3.9 GB
Low
NVFP4
4
4.5 GB
Medium
Q4_K_M
4
4.9 GB
Medium
Q5_K_M
5
5.8 GB
High
Q6_K
6
6.6 GB
High
Q8_0
8
8.6 GB
Very High
F16
16
16.4 GB
Maximum

Hardware compatibility

Fit estimates across all hardware

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Computing compatibility...

Memory breakdown

Reference: RTX 2060 6GB

Weights4.9 GB
KV Cache2.0 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom0.6 GB

Frequently asked questions

FAQ — MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B

See also

Quantization GuideScoring MethodologyVRAM Calculator