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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 run GTE-ModernColBERT-v1?

Yes โ€” here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

GTE-ModernColBERT-v1 on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 141k 1234.6-1471.4 t/s ~98-116.8 (slow)
Q8 yes 143k 2469.3-2942.8 t/s ~196-233.6 (slow)
Q4 yes 144k 4409.4-5255 t/s ~350-417.1 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

FAQ

Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 run GTE-ModernColBERT-v1?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~4409.4-5255 tok/s and fits up to 144k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~350-417.1 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 144k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.