Best LLMs for 4 GB VRAM

作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2026年9月6日

These are the strongest local models that fit entirely in 4 GB of VRAM, ranked by capability, with the quantization level and estimated tokens/sec needed to fit.

GPUs at This Tier

Ranked Models

Gemma 3 — Gemma 3 4B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 2.415 GB · ~67 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
Phi-4 Mini — Phi-4 Mini (3.8B)	Q4_K_M · 2.29425 GB · ~71 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
Qwen 3.5 — Qwen 3.5 4B	Q4_K_M · 2.415 GB · ~70 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
VibeThinker — VibeThinker 3B	Q4_K_M · 1.8655875 GB · ~84 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
Phi 3.5 Family — Phi 3.5 Mini	Q4_K_M · 2.29425 GB · ~73 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
BitNet b1.58 — BitNet b1.58 3B	1.58-bit · 0.6557 GB · ~146 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
StarCoder 2 — StarCoder 2 3B	Q4_K_M · 1.81125 GB · ~96 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
EXAONE 3.5 — EXAONE 3.5 2.4B	Q4_K_M · 1.449 GB · ~103 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
Aya 3B (Tiny Aya) — Aya 3B	Q4_K_M · 1.81125 GB · ~86 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
Qwen 3.5 — Qwen 3.5 2B	Q4_K_M · 1.2075 GB · ~112 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
IBM Granite 4.1 — Granite 4.1 3B	Q4_K_M · 1.81125 GB · ~86 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
Ministral — Ministral 3B	Q4_K_M · 2.1735 GB · ~76 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
Falcon 3 — Falcon 3 3B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 1.9501125 GB · ~83 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
SmolLM3 — SmolLM3 3B	Q4_K_M · 1.85955 GB · ~84 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
VibeThinker — VibeThinker 1.5B	Q4_K_M · 0.929775 GB · ~132 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU

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FAQ

What LLMs run well with 4 GB VRAM?

Gemma 3, Phi-4 Mini, Qwen 3.5, VibeThinker, Phi 3.5 Family all fit in 4 GB VRAM.

Which GPUs have 4 GB VRAM?

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB.

Can-I-Run Pages Near 4 GB

Adjacent VRAM Tiers

Best LLMs for 6 GB VRAM

No discrete GPU?

If your 4 GB is system RAM, not VRAM

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