StarCoder 2 15B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB handles StarCoder 2 15B well at 25 tok/s at Q5_K_M. A solid choice for this model.
Model Size
15.5B
Device VRAM
16 GB
Bandwidth
288 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows StarCoder 2 15B performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5_K_M | 25 tok/s | 280ms | ✓ Yes | Good | estimated |
Notes
Q5_K_M
Q5 at 10.7GB on 16GB. Good FIM support makes it suitable for code completion backends.
About StarCoder 2 15B
StarCoder 2 15B (15.5B) is a coding, ai coding model. Trained on The Stack v2 with 619 programming languages. Strong fill-in-the-middle (FIM) support for code completion. BigCode's best model — competitive but surpassed by Qwen 2.5 Coder on most benchmarks.
View all StarCoder 2 15B hardware options →About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB has 16 GB at 288 GB/s. Street price: $449.
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Source: Community benchmarks (2026-01-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01