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Can I run Gemma 3 12B? Pick your device.
Gemma 3 12B is a 12B model. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~7.3 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~8.9 GB. Select your hardware below to see the full compatibility breakdown.
Apple Silicon Macs
- Apple M1 (8GB) No
- Apple M2 (16GB) Yes
- Apple M4 (16GB) Yes
- Apple M5 (16GB) Yes
- Apple M3 Pro (18GB) Yes
- Apple M4 (24GB) Yes
- Apple M4 Pro (24GB) Yes
- Apple M5 (32GB) Yes
- Apple M4 Pro (48GB) Yes
- Apple M5 Pro (48GB) Yes
- Apple M4 Max (64GB) Yes
- Apple M4 Max (128GB) Yes
- Apple M5 Max (128GB) Yes
- Apple M3 Ultra (256GB) Yes
RAM-only laptops
iPhone & iPad
Android
NVIDIA GPUs
AMD GPUs
Memory figures are estimates. See methodology.