can it run
3.8 of 4 GB usable — keep context modest
4GB · Polaris (GCN 4) · model file 3.3GB · 4B
computed roofline: 224 GB/s × 0.08–0.21 efficiency window / 3.3GB (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: ~28 tok/s · 3-4B Q4 · 3 runs · above our band — small sample; documented outlier, computed window stands — localmaxxing.com
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