can it run
3.2 of 3 GB usable — barely over; real with q8 KV cache (halves KV) or shorter context
3GB · Maxwell (laptop) · model file 2.6GB · 4B
computed roofline: 120.3 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 2.6GB (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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