can-i-run-this-llm

Can I run this LLM?

Can a NVIDIA RTX 3090 (24GB) run Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 24.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3.8 27B at Q4_K_M · 16.6 GB · 35–53 tok/s on a NVIDIA RTX 3090 (24GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q3_K_M11.8 GB47–70 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M16.6 GB35–53 tok/sRuns great
Q5_K_M19.5 GB31–46 tok/sTight / slow
Q6_K22.5 GB27–41 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_029.0 GB22–32 tok/sWon't fit
FP1654.6 GB12–18 tok/sWon't fit

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