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Can the NVIDIA RTX 3090 run gemma3 27B?

FULL

18.9 GB needed of 24 GB usable — headroom for context

24GB · Ampere GA102 · model file 17GB · 27B

~25–42 tok/s

computed roofline: 936 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 17.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Community check: ~26 tok/s · 20-27B Q4 · 20 runs · inside our computed band — localmaxxing.com

Run gemma3 27B on instead

→ Tesla V100 32GB (used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs gemma3 27B fully ($700)

→ rtx-5090 — the next step up from NVIDIA RTX 3090

→ every model the NVIDIA RTX 3090 can run — full list

→explore the full catalog91 machines indexed · live prices · what each one can run
2026-10-01 · ← all models on the NVIDIA RTX 3090 · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory