can it run
Comfortably. 16GB of memory against a 4GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.
weights 3.1GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~16GB usable → full. 5.1 GB needed of 16 GB usable — headroom for context
computed roofline: 960 GB/s × 0.50–0.80 efficiency window / 3.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.
| model file | 3.1GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 4GB working set |
| this machine | 16GB GDDR7 |
| params | medium |
| license | apache-2.0 |
| price | $1400 |
easy run: no stock runtime yet
→ every model the RTX 5080 (16GB) can run — full list
→ rtx-5090 — the next step up from this machine's GPU
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