Can I Run Gemma 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2025年3月12日

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.5 GB of headroom running Gemma 3 27B Instruct at Q4_K_M (16.5 GB, ~57 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Specs

VRAM24 GB
Memory Bandwidth936 GB/s

Gemma 3 27B Instruct on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 24 GB?Max context
F1659 GB✗ No
Q8_033.6 GB✗ No
Q6_K27.1 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M24.1 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M21.3 GB✓ Yes4K
Q3_K_M16.5 GB✓ Yes8K
Q2_K13.8 GB✓ Yes8K

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.

Gemma 3 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Gemma 3 27B InstructQ4_K_M · 16.5 GB · ~57 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 3 12B InstructQ4_K_M · 8.1 GB · ~116 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 3 4B InstructQ4_K_M · 3.8 GB · ~246 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 3 1B InstructQ4_K_M · 0.9 GB · ~400 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Gemma 3 on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.5 GB of headroom running Gemma 3 27B Instruct at Q4_K_M (16.5 GB, ~57 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

Which Gemma 3 variant fits best on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?

Gemma 3 27B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (16.5 GB), estimated ~57 tokens/sec, up to 4K context.

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