text model · Sarvam · Windows
S Can I run Sarvam-M 24B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (12GB)?
No. Sarvam-M 24B needs ~16.3 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (12GB) only has ~11 GB usable.
Needs ~16.3 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~11 GB is usable.
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~16.3 GB
- Usable on device
- ~11 GB
- Device memory
- 12 GB
How to run it
On Windows use LM Studio (Best GUI on Windows, auto-detects CUDA/Vulkan backends.). AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.
- Parameters
- 24B
- Q4_K_M size
- 14.3 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 25.1 GB
- Context
- 32k
- Memory
- 12 GB vram
- Usable for weights
- ~11 GB
- Best runtime
- Ollama (CUDA) / vLLM (Linux)
What you can run instead
Run Sarvam-M 24B on other hardware
FAQ
Can Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (12GB) run Sarvam-M 24B?
No. Sarvam-M 24B needs ~16.3 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (12GB) only has ~11 GB usable.
How much memory does Sarvam-M 24B need?
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (12GB) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~14.3 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~16.3 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run Sarvam-M 24B 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.