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Can the RTX 3060 12GB (used) run llava 13B?

TIGHT

Yes, but close to the edge. 12GB against a 10GB working set: it runs, with little room for long context windows or other processes.

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Specs

model file8.0GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory10GB working set
this machine12GB GDDR6, 360 GB/s
params13B
licenseapache-2.0
price$320

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull llava:13b

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

→ Tesla M60 (16GB, used) — cheapest machine that runs it ($35)

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