Will it run? / Llama 3.1 8B / Minisforum UM790 Pro (Ryzen 9 7940HS, 32GB)

Can the Minisforum UM790 Pro (Ryzen 9 7940HS, 32GB) run Llama 3.1 8B?

Comfortable Yes, at about 11 tokens/sec (estimated). That reads at a comfortable pace.

11estimated tokens/sec
6.4 GBmemory needed
27.2 GBavailable to the model
89.6 GB/smemory bandwidth
ollama run llama3.1:8b

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the whole model from memory once: 4.9 GB. The Minisforum UM790 Pro (Ryzen 9 7940HS, 32GB) moves 89.6 GB/s, so the ceiling is 18 tokens/sec. Real machines reach a fraction of that ceiling; we use 60%, an assumption until we get measured runs for this kind of machine. Send us your real numbers and we'll replace the estimate.

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