Mage-VL: hardware requirements

Mage-VL needs about 3.9 GB of memory at Q4 quantization — a 2.7 GB download plus room for context and overhead. That fits a machine with 8GB RAM.

Parameters
4.7B
Tier
Runs on a laptop
Licence
See model card
Released
2026-07-25

Will it run on your machine?

Download sizes by quantization

Lower quantization means a smaller file and less memory, at some cost to quality. Q4_K_M is the usual starting point. What is this?

QuantDownloadRAM @ 4KRAM @ 32KSource
Q4_K_Mrecommended2.7 GB3.9 GB8.1 GBmeasured
Q5_K_M3.4 GB4.5 GB8.7 GBestimated
Q6_K3.9 GB5.0 GB9.3 GBestimated
Q8_05.7 GB6.8 GB11 GBmeasured
BF169.5 GB11 GB15 GBestimated

“Measured” sizes are read from published GGUF files (JohnTdi/Mage-VL-GGUF). “Estimated” sizes are derived from the parameter count and are typically within a few percent. The RAM columns add the context cache and runtime overhead to the download size.

Model card on HuggingFace →API specs & pricing →Verified 2026-09-14Tracked for 12 months after release