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Can the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 run llama3.2 1B?

FULL

1.4 GB needed of 6 GB usable — headroom for context

6GB · Turing · model file 1.3GB · 1B

~71–110 tok/s

computed roofline: 192.1 GB/s × 0.48–0.72 efficiency window / 1.3GB (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).

Run llama3.2 1B on instead

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) — cheapest catalog machine that runs llama3.2 1B fully ($110)

gtx-1660-super — the next step up from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

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

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