RigCheck

Frequently looked up

Q1How do I know if my GPU can run a model?

Pick your card and RAM in the finder or open your graphics card's page. Each answer comes from that model's own checker and says which kind it is: llama.cpp checkers add up the file, context cache and buffers against your memory; the Strata checker applies Strata's published requirements; Kolibri-1's matches official minimum configurations; image models use a planning budget and video models match published recipes.

Q2What does "with caveats" mean?

The model fits only with part of it in system RAM (slower), or the memory peak is not measured, or the route is one the checker marks as conditional. RigCheck never shows a caveat as a plain yes.

Q3Can a Mac run these models?

Many of them. On a Mac the graphics and the processor share one pool of unified memory, so the finder judges a Mac by its total memory. Open the page for your Mac's memory size or pick your Mac in the finder; the Strata engine runs on Apple Silicon only experimentally.

Q4Are these numbers measured?

Mostly not. The llama.cpp checkers' memory answers are RigCheck capacity estimates from published file sizes; Strata's follow its published requirements, Kolibri-1's match official minimum configurations or a community recipe, and image and video answers are planning budgets or published recipes. Speeds are labeled as an official measurement, an official estimate or a community report.

Q5Which models does RigCheck cover?

Newly released open-weights models and a few popular mid-size ones, each with its own checker. The model list shows them all with their sizes, weights status, runtimes and license.