Qwen Qwen2 5 72B Instruct speed on RTX 4070 Ti Super and quantization-level VRAM fit.
RTX 4070 Ti Super does not meet the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen Qwen2 5 72B Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
RTX 4070 Ti Super lacks sufficient VRAM for comfortable Qwen Qwen2 5 72B Instruct operation with Q4 quantization.
Your 16GB GPU is 21GB short of the 37GB minimum.
Options: (1) Try Q2 or Q3 quantization for lower VRAM requirements, (2) Consider cloud GPU rental, (3) Upgrade to a GPU with at least 16GB VRAM.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 37GB | 16GB | 22.64 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
| Q8 | 73GB | 16GB | 15.85 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
| FP16 | 146GB | 16GB | 8.60 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
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RTX 4070 Ti Super is not a comfortable Q4 fit for Qwen Qwen2 5 72B Instruct (about 37GB needed).
Q4 inference is estimated to need about 37GB VRAM on this page, while RTX 4070 Ti Super has 16GB available.
Try lower-bit quantization, choose a smaller model, or move to a higher-VRAM GPU from the alternatives list.