can it run
Yes, but close to the edge. 8GB against a 7GB working set: it runs, with little room for long context windows or other processes.
| model file | 4.9GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 7GB working set |
| this machine | 8GB GDDR6, 448 GB/s |
| params | 8B |
| license | llama3.1 (gated on HF) |
| price | $275 |
easy run: ollama pull llama3.1:8b
runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio
→ Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest machine that runs it ($135)
→ every model the RTX 3070 (used) can run — full list