can it run
3.7 of 4 GB usable — keep context modest
4GB · Polaris (GCN 4) · model file 1.7GB · 2B
computed roofline: 224 GB/s × 0.08–0.21 efficiency window / 1.7GB (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).
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