Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated December 8, 2024
Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~38 GB of headroom running Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) (26 GB, ~15 tok/s (est.)).
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| VRAM | 64 GB unified memory |
| Memory Bandwidth | 400 GB/s |
| Quant | VRAM needed | Fits 64 GB? | Max context |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16 | 142.1 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q8_0 | 76.5 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q6_K | 59.5 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K |
| Q5_K_M | 51.8 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K |
| Q4_K_M | 44.4 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K |
| Q3_K_M | 32 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K |
| Q2_K | 25.2 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K |
VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 64 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Q2_K_XS (Tight) · 26 GB · ~15 tok/s (est.) |
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Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~38 GB of headroom running Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) (26 GB, ~15 tok/s (est.)).
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) quantization (26 GB), estimated ~15 tokens/sec.
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