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Can the NVIDIA RTX 2070 run SDXL SDXL base?

OFFLOAD PARTIAL

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

8GB · Turing TU106 · model file 6.9GB · SDXL base

~31–47 tok/s

computed roofline: 448 GB/s × 0.48–0.72 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 3090 (24GB, used) — upgrade path machine

every model the NVIDIA RTX 2070 can run — full list

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