RTX 5070 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Alibaba-NLP/gte-Qwen2-1.5B-instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
RTX 5070 can run Alibaba-NLP/gte-Qwen2-1.5B-instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 103 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 9GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 3GB | 12GB | 103.09 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 5GB | 12GB | 69.18 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 11GB | 12GB | 43.92 tok/s | ⚠️ Tight fit |