can it run
Comfortably. 11GB of memory against a 4GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.
weights 0.1GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~11GB usable → full. 2.1 GB needed of 11 GB usable — headroom for context
computed roofline: 484 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 0.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.
| model file | 0.1GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 4GB working set |
| this machine | 11GB GDDR5X, 484 GB/s |
| params | tiny |
| license | apache-2.0 |
| price | $150 |
easy run: no stock runtime yet
→ every model the GTX 1080 Ti (11GB, used) can run — full list
→ RTX 3090 (24GB, used) — upgrade path machine