Llama 3.2 1B Instruct — VRAM Requirements

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2026年7月21日

How much GPU VRAM you need to run Llama 3.2 Family Llama 3.2 1B Instruct by Meta locally, a 1B-parameter model. Figures are quantized weights + KV cache + framework overhead from a memory-bandwidth roofline model.

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct needs about 1 GB VRAM at Q4_K_M.

VRAM by Quantization

QuantBits/weightWeightsTotal VRAM
Q2_K2.630.3 GB1.1 GB
Q3_K_M3.410.4 GB1.2 GB
Q4_K_M4.830.6 GB1.4 GB
Q5_K_M5.670.7 GB1.5 GB
Q6_K6.560.8 GB1.6 GB
Q8_08.501.1 GB1.9 GB
F1616.002.0 GB2.8 GB

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VRAM Requirements

[![VRAM Requirements](https://img.shields.io/badge/Check_VRAM-LLM_Configurator-blue)](https://llmconfigurator.com/en/vram-calculator/llama-3.2-1b)

Estimates only — actual VRAM varies with context length, batch size, runtime and KV-cache settings.