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NVIDIA GPU with 8 GB VRAM
Fine for small models, tight for 8B.
Fine for small models, tight for 8B.
- Platform
- NVIDIA
- Memory
- 8 GB vram
An 8B model at Q4 is about 5.5 GB, which leaves under 3 GB for context and the runtime. It fits until you give it a long document.
Runs comfortably
- Qwen3 4B 5 GB at Q4 Apache-2.0
- Qwen3 1.7B 3 GB at Q4 Apache-2.0
- Llama 3.2 1B Instruct 2 GB at Q4 Llama 3.2 Community
Will not fit
- Qwen3 8Bneeds about 8 GB
- Qwen3 32Bneeds about 24 GB
Worth knowing
8 GB cards are the most common and the most disappointing. If you are buying, 12 GB is the minimum worth paying for.