can it run
Yes, but close to the edge. 8GB against a 6GB working set: it runs, with little room for long context windows or other processes.
weights 4.1GB + KV cache 0.5GB at 4k context vs ~8GB usable → full. 4.6 GB needed of 8 GB usable — headroom for context
computed roofline: 448 GB/s × 0.48–0.72 efficiency window / 4.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.
Community check: ~52 tok/s · 8-9B Q4 · 4 runs · inside our computed band — localmaxxing.com
→explore the full catalog84 machines indexed · live prices · what each one can run| model file | 4.1GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 6GB working set |
| this machine | 8GB GDDR6, 448-496 GB/s |
| params | 7B |
| license | apache-2.0 |
| price | $305 |
easy run: ollama pull mistral:7b
runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio
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