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Can the Jetson Orin NX (16GB) run qwen3.8 27B?

NO

18.5 GB vs 14 GB usable — does not fit

~14GB usable · Jetson Orin (Ampere iGPU) · model file 16.5GB · 27B

~1.6–3.4 tok/s

computed roofline: 102.4 GB/s × 0.25–0.55 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)

every model the Jetson Orin NX (16GB) can run — full list

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