Gemma 2 27B IT at Q4_K_M needs about 19.6 GB, more than the 8 GB of the RTX 4060: part of the model runs from system RAM, which slows generation. At Q3_K_M it does not fit in VRAM.
Q4_K_M · 8K context
The model needs about 19.6 GB but only 7.7 GB of VRAM is usable: 12 GB must be loaded into system RAM. It runs, 39% on the GPU, but more slowly.
~19.6 GB (18.9 GB–20.4 GB) needed · estimate
12 GB must be offloaded to system RAM
EstimateData updated 24 days agoSource: Run LLM Locally engine, Hugging Face config.json + model card
What makes this estimate less reliable
| Gemma 2 27B IT Q8_08K~31.6 GB · 0.8–1.6 tok/s estimate | Not recommended |
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| Gemma 2 27B IT Q6_K8K~25.2 GB · 1.1–2 tok/s estimate | Possible but slow |
| Gemma 2 27B IT Q5_K_M8K~22.3 GB · 1.4–2.5 tok/s estimate | Possible but slow |
| Gemma 2 27B IT Q4_K_M8K~19.6 GB · 1.7–3 tok/s estimate | Possible but slow |
| Gemma 2 27B IT IQ4_XS8K~17.8 GB · 2–4 tok/s estimate | Possible but slow |
| Gemma 2 27B IT Q3_K_M8K~16.5 GB · 2.5–4.5 tok/s estimate | Possible but slow |
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