Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated February 24, 2026
Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.5 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 27B at Q4_K_M (16.5 GB, ~57 tok/s (est.)).
Check price on Amazon — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB
| VRAM | 24 GB |
| Memory Bandwidth | 936 GB/s |
| Quant | VRAM needed | Fits 24 GB? | Max context |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16 | 63.4 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q8_0 | 38.1 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q6_K | 31.6 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q5_K_M | 28.6 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q4_K_M | 25.7 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q3_K_M | 20.9 GB | ✓ Yes | 4K |
| Q2_K | 18.3 GB | ✓ Yes | 4K |
VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 24 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.
| Qwen 3.5 27B | Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB · ~57 tok/s (est.) |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · ~142 tok/s (est.) |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · ~275 tok/s (est.) |
| Qwen 3.5 2B | Q4_K_M · 2.7 GB · ~347 tok/s (est.) |
| Qwen 3.5 0.8B | Q4_K_M · 1 GB · ~400 tok/s (est.) |
At 2 hrs/day, buying (~$1,499) beats renting at $0.34/hr after about 6.1 years.
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Cloud rates verified 2026-07 — estimates, and marketplace prices vary. Buying price is GPU MSRP only, not a full PC.
Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.5 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 27B at Q4_K_M (16.5 GB, ~57 tok/s (est.)).
Qwen 3.5 27B at Q4_K_M quantization (16.5 GB), estimated ~57 tokens/sec.
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