Can the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Qwen2.5-VL 7B Instruct?
Fits comfortably at Q4_K_M.
Qwen2.5-VL 7B Instruct is 8.29B parameters. At Q4_K_M the weights are about 4.6 GiB; with the 1.5 GiB runtime reserve that is 6.1 GiB against the card's 16GB, leaving about 9.9 GiB for context.
All three quants
16GB card| Quant | Weights | With reserve | Verdict | Headroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_Mthe everyday quant | 4.6 GiB | 6.1 GiB | Fits comfortably | 9.9 GiB |
| Q8_0near-lossless | 8.2 GiB | 9.7 GiB | Fits comfortably | 6.3 GiB |
| FP16full weights | 15.4 GiB | 16.9 GiB | Only with CPU offload | short 0.9 GiB |
Verdict rules: fits comfortably when weights plus reserve sit within 85% of VRAM; tight when they fit with little left for context; CPU offload when they exceed VRAM by up to 2x (runs, slowly, with layers in system RAM); no beyond that. The KV cache per token depends on the model's architecture and is not modelled here.
Good match. Get the card.
The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB clears Qwen2.5-VL 7B Instruct at Q4_K_M and at Q8_0. Live listings below; this page was rebuilt 2026-08-23.
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About the model
Qwen2.5-VL 7B Instruct by Alibaba Qwen: 32,768-token native context, text + vision, released 2025 under the Apache-2.0. Model card →