GPU × local model compatibility

Can RTX 4060 8GB run Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B Instruct?

Yes — it can run.

GSC already shows demand for this RTX 4060 coding setup, so the page explains the recommended quantization, memory headroom, and smaller coding alternatives.

6.37GBVRAM required

8.00GBAvailable memory

1.63GBMemory headroom

Q4_K_MRecommended quantization

8KContext

Try these alternatives:Qwen 2.5 Coder 3B Instruct llava-med-v1.5-mistral-7b Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.1

A lighter Q5_K_M / 8K configuration also fits.

Calculated estimate, not a measured benchmark.

Related models that run on this GPU

Qwen 2.5 Coder 3B Instruct · 3.40GB
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B · 6.37GB
Qwen2.5-7B · 5.77GB
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct · 5.77GB
Phi-mini-MoE-instruct · 5.84GB

Better GPUs for this model

RTX 5090 32GB · 32GB
RTX 4090 24GB · 24GB
RTX 3090 24GB · 24GB
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB · 16GB
RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB · 16GB

Lower-memory model alternatives

Qwen 2.5 Coder 3B Instruct · 3.40GB
llava-med-v1.5-mistral-7b · 6.37GB
Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.1 · 6.17GB
Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2 · 6.17GB
Mistral-7B-v0.1 · 6.17GB

GPU and model details

RTX 4060 8GB GPU details

Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B Instruct model details