can it run
1.1 GB needed of 6 GB usable — headroom for context
6GB · Turing · model file 1.0GB · 1B
computed roofline: 288 GB/s × 0.48–0.72 efficiency window / 1.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points. Small models (under ~4.5B) run BELOW these bands — kernel-launch overhead keeps them from saturating bandwidth (measured against community medians, 09-06).
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