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Can the NVIDIA GTX 1070 run SDXL SDXL base?

OFFLOAD PARTIAL

8.9 GB vs 8 GB usable — partial CPU offload, expect large speed loss

8GB · Pascal · model file 6.9GB · SDXL base

~10–19 tok/s

computed roofline: 256 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 6.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run SDXL SDXL base on instead

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs SDXL SDXL base fully ($135)

rtx-5060-ti-16 — the next step up from NVIDIA GTX 1070

every model the NVIDIA GTX 1070 can run — full list

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