estimate, except measured file sizes
Can I run Gemma 2 9B locally?
9.24B parameters. Parameter count is an estimate.
- Licence:
- not recorded
- Context:
- 8,192 tokens
- Modality:
- not recorded
- Released:
- not recorded
Gemma 2 alternates local and global attention. The KV cache is an approximation, not a measured file.
Memory per quant
KV is at 8,192 tokens. Overhead is 0.8 GB. Both are estimates. A measured file size is labelled. The last column is the cheapest machine that fits the total fully.
| Quant | File size | KV at 8K | +0.8 overhead | Total | Cheapest full fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q8 | 9.9 GB est. | 2.1 GB est. | 0.8 GB est. | 12.8 GB est. | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, €899 (new (lowest in-stock EU)) |
| Q4 | 5.5 GB est. | 2.1 GB est. | 0.8 GB est. | 8.5 GB est. | GeForce RTX 3060 12GB, €257 (used (median of sold listings)) |
Cheapest rig that fits
Q4, full: GeForce RTX 3060 12GB, €257 (used (median of sold listings))
Q4, slow, partly in system RAM: Nothing on our list of 29 machines fits this quant.