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Can the NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super run qwen3.8 27B?

NO

18.5 GB vs 6 GB usable — does not fit

6GB · Turing TU116 · model file 16.5GB · 27B

~9.8–15 tok/s

computed roofline: 336 GB/s × 0.48–0.72 efficiency window / 16.5GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run qwen3.8 27B on instead

Mac mini M4 (32GB) — cheapest catalog machine that runs qwen3.8 27B fully ($999)

rtx-5060-ti-16 — the next step up from NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super

every model the NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super can run — full list

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