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Can a RX 7800 XT 16GB run Mistral Nemo 12B?

Yes. Mistral Nemo 12B fits in fast memory on RX 7800 XT 16GB at Q8_0 (14.2 GB needed, 15.5 GB usable), about 29 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: RX 7800 XT 16GB · Model: Mistral Nemo 12B

RX 7800 XT 16GB has 16 GB of VRAM and 624 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker holds back 0.5 GB of VRAM for the driver and assumes 16 GB of system RAM, so fast memory usable by Ollama is 15.5 GB. Partial offload may also use 60% of that system RAM. Mistral Nemo 12B (12.2B, Mistral) at Q8_0 is a 13 GB download and needs 14.2 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size13 GB
Memory needed14.2 GB
Usable fast memory15.5 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~29 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run mistral-nemo:12b-instruct-2407-q8_0
Open RX 7800 XT 16GB in the checker

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.

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