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LLM GPU VRAM Calculator

Estimate VRAM requirements for open-source models (Llama, Gemma, DeepSeek) and view compatible consumer gaming GPU recommendations.

1. Model Specifications

Popular Model Sizes
17 Billion

2. Inference Settings

8k (8,192 tokens)
1
1.5 GB

Total Estimated VRAM

10.7 GB

Required buffer to run inference smoothly.

Model Weights:8.5 GB
KV Cache overhead:0.7 GB
Hugging Face Repositories

Llama 4 Scout (17B)

Recommended Local Hardware Setups

1x GPU

Single NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Provided Memory32 GB

Fits comfortably with 32GB VRAM. Single-GPU configurations have the lowest latency.

Est. USA Price$2,200
Est. EU Price€2,300
Est. Malaysia PriceRM 10,400

Quantization Sizing & GPU Recommendations

Quantization FormatModel Size (VRAM)Total VRAM RequiredRecommended GPU ConfigurationDirect Download
FP16 (Uncompressed)
34 GB36.2 GBDual NVIDIA RTX 3090 Setup (2x GPUs)Get File
Q8 (8-bit Quantized)
17 GB19.2 GBSingle NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (1x GPU)Get File
Q6 (6-bit Quantized)
12.75 GB14.95 GBSingle NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (1x GPU)Get File
Q5 (5-bit Quantized)
10.63 GB12.82 GBSingle NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (1x GPU)Get File
Q4 (4-bit Quantized - Recommended)
8.5 GB10.7 GBSingle NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (1x GPU)Get File
Q3 (3-bit Quantized)
6.38 GB8.57 GBSingle NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (1x GPU)Get File
Q2 (2-bit Quantized)
4.25 GB6.45 GBSingle NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (1x GPU)Get File

Desktop Gaming GPU Reference Catalog

GPU ModelVRAMStatusEst. USAEst. EUEst. MYR
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509032 GBnew$2,200€2,300RM 10,400
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409024 GBnew$1,699€1,800RM 8,000
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 309024 GBused$750€800RM 3,500
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super16 GBnew$999€1,100RM 4,700
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super16 GBnew$799€880RM 3,800
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (16GB)16 GBnew$449€490RM 2,100
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super12 GBnew$599€660RM 2,800
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB)10 GBused$420€450RM 2,000
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8GB)8 GBnew$299€330RM 1,400
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30708 GBused$270€290RM 1,300