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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 run Mamba-2.8B?

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

Mamba-2.8B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 229k 131.4-156.6 t/s ~5.2-6.2 (slow)
Q8 yes 271k 262.8-313.2 t/s ~10.4-12.4 (slow)
Q4 yes 290k 469.3-559.3 t/s ~18.6-22.2 (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 4090 run Mamba-2.8B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~469.3-559.3 tok/s and fits up to 290k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~18.6-22.2 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 290k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.