StarCoder 2 15B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 runs StarCoder 2 15B excellently at 50 tok/s at Q8_0. This is a strong pairing.
Model Size
15.5B
Device VRAM
24 GB
Bandwidth
1008 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows StarCoder 2 15B performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q8_0 | 50 tok/s | 130ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
Q8_0
Full Q8 quality at 16.8GB. Fast code completion.
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 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has 24 GB at 1008 GB/s. Street price: $1,799.
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Source: Community benchmarks (2026-01-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01