can it run
Only with compromises. 8GB is below the 9GB working set — expect a lower quant, offloading, or heavy swap. Possible, not pleasant.
| model file | 7.1GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 9GB working set |
| this machine | 8GB GDDR6, 448 GB/s |
| params | 12B |
| license | apache-2.0 |
| price | $275 |
easy run: ollama pull mistral-nemo:12b
runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio
→ Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest machine that runs it ($135)
→ every model the RTX 3070 (used) can run — full list