FPHam·Mistral·MistralForCausalLM

Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B — Hardware Requirements & GPU Compatibility

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Specifications

Publisher
FPHam
Family
Mistral
Parameters
7.2B
Architecture
MistralForCausalLM
Context Length
32,768 tokens
Vocabulary Size
32,002
Release Date
2023-11-21
License
Llama 2 Community

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How Much VRAM Does Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B Need?

Select a quantization to see compatible GPUs below.

QuantizationBitsVRAM
FP1616.0015.1 GB

Which GPUs Can Run Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B?

FP16 · 15.1 GB

Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B (FP16) requires 15.1 GB of VRAM to load the model weights. For comfortable inference with headroom for KV cache and system overhead, 20+ GB is recommended. Using the full 33K context window can add up to 4.0 GB, bringing total usage to 19.1 GB. 17 GPUs can run it, including NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080.

Which Devices Can Run Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B?

FP16 · 15.1 GB

27 devices with unified memory can run Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B, including NVIDIA DGX H100, NVIDIA DGX A100 640GB, Mac Mini M4 (16 GB).

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much VRAM does Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B need?

Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B requires 15.1 GB of VRAM at FP16. Full 33K context adds up to 4.0 GB (19.1 GB total).

VRAM = Weights + KV Cache + Overhead

Weights = 7.2B × 16 bits ÷ 8 = 14.5 GB

KV Cache + Overhead 0.6 GB (at 2K context + ~0.3 GB framework)

KV Cache + Overhead 4.6 GB (at full 33K context)

VRAM usage by quantization

15.1 GB
19.1 GB

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Can I run Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B on a Mac?

Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B requires at least 15.1 GB at FP16, which exceeds the unified memory of most consumer Macs. You would need a Mac Studio or Mac Pro with a high-memory configuration.

Can I run Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B locally?

Yes — Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B can run locally on consumer hardware. At FP16 quantization it needs 15.1 GB of VRAM. Popular tools include Ollama, LM Studio, and llama.cpp.

How fast is Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B?

At FP16, Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B can reach ~194 tok/s on AMD Instinct MI300X. On NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090: ~44 tok/s. Speed depends mainly on GPU memory bandwidth. Real-world results typically within ±20%.

tok/s = (bandwidth GB/s ÷ model GB) × efficiency

Example: AMD Instinct MI300X5300 ÷ 15.1 × 0.55 = ~194 tok/s

Estimated speed at FP16 (15.1 GB)

~194 tok/s
~44 tok/s
~145 tok/s
~120 tok/s

Real-world results typically within ±20%. Speed depends on batch size, quantization kernel, and software stack.

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What's the download size of Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B?

At FP16, the download is about 14.48 GB.

Which GPUs can run Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B?

17 consumer GPUs can run Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B at FP16 (15.1 GB). Top options include AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, AMD Radeon RX 6800. 5 GPUs have plenty of headroom for comfortable inference.

Which devices can run Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B?

27 devices with unified memory can run Karen TheEditor v2 CREATIVE Mistral 7B at FP16 (15.1 GB), including Mac Mini M4 (16 GB), Mac Mini M4 (32 GB), Mac Mini M4 Pro (24 GB), Mac Mini M4 Pro (48 GB). Apple Silicon Macs use unified memory shared between CPU and GPU, making them well-suited for local LLM inference.