can it run
2.4 GB needed of 24 GB usable — headroom for context
24GB · Ampere GA102 · model file 2.0GB · 3B
computed roofline: 936 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 2.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points. Small models (under ~4.5B) run BELOW these bands — kernel-launch overhead keeps them from saturating bandwidth (measured against community medians, 09-06).
Community check: ~130 tok/s · 3-4B Q4 · 11 runs · just below our band (22% under the low edge) — localmaxxing.com
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