# Can I run Falcon3 10B on 8GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only)?

Updated: 2026-06-15

**No, not enough memory.** Needs ~7.5 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~5 GB is usable.

- Model: 10B, Q4_K_M 5.86 GB
- Device: 8 GB ram, ~5 GB usable for weights
- Needs ~7.5 GB at Q4_K_M; recommended quant: n/a
- Best tool on Windows: LM Studio
- Command: `ollama run falcon3:10b`

Estimate. Method: weights + KV cache + ~0.8GB overhead. Sources: https://ollama.com/library/falcon3, https://ollama.com/library/falcon3/tags, https://huggingface.co/bartowski/Falcon3-10B-Instruct-GGUF, https://huggingface.co/tiiuae/Falcon3-10B-Instruct.

More: https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/falcon3-10b/laptop-8gb