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Can the GTX 970M run qwen3 8B?

NO

5.8 GB vs 3 GB usable — does not fit

3GB · Maxwell (laptop) · model file 5.2GB · 8B

~6.5–12 tok/s

computed roofline: 120.3 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 5.2GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run qwen3 8B on instead

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs qwen3 8B fully ($135)

every model the GTX 970M can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the GTX 970M · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory