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Can NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Qwen3.6-27B?

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Doesn't fit Even the smallest quantization of Qwen3.6-27B (Q3_K_M) does not fit on one NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 with a context of 8,192 tokens; it needs 15.4 GiB available for “Fits”. 6 identical cards (default even split) are expected to fit. Fewer cards are borderline.

“Fits” means llama.cpp's default --fit load check would place all layers on the GPU: our estimate of llama.cpp's buffers, plus its error margin, plus llama.cpp's 1 GiB per-card reserve, is within the memory counted as available. It does not promise that peak memory while generating fits. How results are decided

Values updated Oct 19, 2026 · Calculator

Run profile: llama.cpp, CUDA back end (NVIDIA discrete GPU), all layers on the GPU, Flash Attention on, micro-batch (-ub) 512, F16 KV cache, context (-c) as shown; “Fits” is judged with llama-server’s default 4 parallel sequences (-np auto, unified KV cache) and “Doesn’t fit” with 1 sequence; idle GPU with no other programs using its memory.

Memory counted as available for “Fits” (C_low): 4.88 GiB per card = 8 GiB nominal − 1,054 MiB (the largest gap between nominal and reported total measured on consumer and workstation GPUs in this profile, used because no public log reports this GPU’s own total) − 2,112 MiB (the largest start-up and runtime use seen in this profile’s public logs), rounded down to a multiple of 64 MiB.

These results assume the card’s default configuration. Settings that reduce usable memory (for example ECC, where the card supports it) are not covered.

Memory used for “Doesn’t fit” (C_high): the full 8 GiB per card. Run profiles and their measurements

Memory needed by quantization and context

Available memory needed for “Fits” (X, GiB per card) and the result on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060.
Quantization4,0968,19232,768131,072
BF16 52.6 GiB Doesn't fit52.9 GiB Doesn't fit54.5 GiB Doesn't fit61.0 GiB Doesn't fit
Q8_0 29.1 GiB Doesn't fit29.4 GiB Doesn't fit31.0 GiB Doesn't fit37.5 GiB Doesn't fit
Q6_K 23.4 GiB Doesn't fit23.7 GiB Doesn't fit25.3 GiB Doesn't fit31.8 GiB Doesn't fit
Q5_K_M 20.6 GiB Doesn't fit20.9 GiB Doesn't fit22.5 GiB Doesn't fit29.1 GiB Doesn't fit
Q4_K_M 18.2 GiB Doesn't fit18.4 GiB Doesn't fit20.1 GiB Doesn't fit26.6 GiB Doesn't fit
Q4_0 17.2 GiB Doesn't fit17.4 GiB Doesn't fit19.1 GiB Doesn't fit25.6 GiB Doesn't fit
IQ4_XS 16.8 GiB Doesn't fit17.1 GiB Doesn't fit18.7 GiB Doesn't fit25.2 GiB Doesn't fit
Q3_K_M 15.2 GiB Doesn't fit15.4 GiB Doesn't fit17.1 GiB Doesn't fit23.6 GiB Doesn't fit

Alternatives

Other 8 GB GPUs where Qwen3.6-27B fits

No other GPU with the same memory size fits this model.

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