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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 run StarCoder 2 7B?

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

StarCoder 2 7B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 19k 70.1-83.5 t/s ~4.2-5 (slow)
Q4 yes 43k 125.1-149.1 t/s ~7.4-8.9 (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 5070 run StarCoder 2 7B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~125.1-149.1 tok/s and fits up to 43k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~7.4-8.9 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 43k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.