Can a NVIDIA RTX 4050 Laptop (6GB) run Granite 4.2 8B?

Just about — Granite 4.2 8B runs at Q2_K (3.4 GB) at about 32–48 tok/s on a NVIDIA RTX 4050 Laptop (6GB).

How much memory does Granite 4.2 8B need?

Granite 4.2 8B needs about 4.9 GB at 4K context at its smallest quantization. A NVIDIA RTX 4050 Laptop (6GB) has 6.0 GB.

Tight fit: Granite 4.2 8B on a NVIDIA RTX 4050 Laptop (6GB) at Q2_K

Yes, but it's tight.

Tight / slow

Best fit: Granite 4.2 8B at Q2_K · 3.4 GB weights · 32–48 tok/s on a NVIDIA RTX 4050 Laptop (6GB).

Arena Text Overall · style-controlled

1,290Q2_K untested

granite-4.2-8b · published configuration reference · Q2_K not tested

Arena Text Overall (style-controlled), exact published entry granite-4.2-8b, 2026-10-08: reference rating 1,290.2. Published confidence bounds 1,279.1–1,301.4. 3,253 votes. Published granite-4.2-8b configuration reference. Reasoning mode is not disclosed by the Arena dataset. Tested precision, runtime and sampling settings are not disclosed in this dataset. Selected Q2_K has not been measured by this Arena entry. No quantization quality adjustment is applied.

Snapshot published 2026-10-08 · snapshot imported 2026-10-11 UTC · validated last-good data · manual refresh

Arena leaderboard dataset · Arena / lmarena-ai, Arena Leaderboard Dataset (CC BY 4.0). Selected Text Overall style-controlled rows; field names adapted, ratings unchanged. · dataset CC BY 4.0 · revision e16f90232986

Total memory at 4K context: 4.9 GB; Weights + KV cache + runtime overhead
Estimated generation: 32–48 tok/s
Estimated first token: ~11s

Every quantization on this machine

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Granite 4.2 8B quantizations on NVIDIA RTX 4050 Laptop (6GB), estimated at 4K context. Weights and total memory are shown separately.
Quant	Weights	Total memory	Speed	Fit
Q2_K	3.4 GB	4.9 GB	32–48 tok/s	Tight / slow
Q3_K_M	4.4 GB	5.8 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q4_K_M	5.4 GB	6.8 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q5_K_M	6.3 GB	7.7 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q6_K	7.2 GB	8.7 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q8_0	9.4 GB	10.8 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
FP16	17.6 GB	19.1 GB	— not resident	Won't fit

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