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Can I run Gemma 2 27B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?
No. Gemma 2 27B needs ~18.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) only has ~11 GB usable.
Needs ~18.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~11 GB is usable.
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~18.7 GB
- Usable on device
- ~11 GB
- Device memory
- 12 GB
- Parameters
- 27B
- Q4_K_M size
- 16.65 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 28.94 GB
- Context
- 8k
- Ollama tag
- gemma2:27b
- Memory
- 12 GB vram
- Usable for weights
- ~11 GB
- Best runtime
- Ollama (CUDA) / llama.cpp CUDA
What you can run instead
Run Gemma 2 27B on other hardware
FAQ
Can Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) run Gemma 2 27B?
No. Gemma 2 27B needs ~18.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) only has ~11 GB usable.
How much memory does Gemma 2 27B need?
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~16.65 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~18.7 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run Gemma 2 27B on Windows?
LM Studio for a simple setup; Ollama (CUDA) for the most speed. AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.
Sources
Memory figures are estimates. See methodology.