can it run
Comfortably. 8GB of memory against a 4GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.
weights 0.9GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~8GB usable → full. 2.9 GB needed of 8 GB usable — headroom for context
computed roofline: 448 GB/s × 0.48–0.72 efficiency window / 0.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.
| model file | 0.9GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 4GB working set |
| this machine | 8GB GDDR6, 448-496 GB/s |
| params | small |
| license | apache-2.0 |
| price | $305 |
easy run: no stock runtime yet
→ every model the RTX 2080 / 2080 Super (8GB, used) can run — full list
→ rtx-3080-10gb — the next step up from this machine's GPU