Can EXAONE 4.0 32B run on RTX 3090 24GB?

BARELY — Tight on Memory

A74Great

○Estimated from fit model

EXAONE 4.0 32B needs ~27.0 GB VRAM. RTX 3090 24GB has 24.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~21 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: OffloadBandwidth: HighStack: BasicBottleneck: Host offload

Operating mode

Choose the run profile you care about

Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.

Current mode

Balanced

Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.

Capabilities:

Select quantization to explore

Q4_K_M (Medium quality) — 27.0 GB, 21.2 tok/s, Very compromised (needs ~2.2 GB host RAM)

27.0 GB required24.0 GB available

113% VRAM needed

3.0 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization

Fit status

Very compromised (needs ~2.2 GB host RAM)

Decode

21.2 tok/s

TTFT

9143 ms

Safe context

Memory

27.0 GB / 24.0 GB

Offload

10%

Memory breakdown

Weights19.5 GB

KV Cache3.9 GB

Runtime1.2 GB

Headroom2.4 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsEXAONE 4.0 32B on RTX 3090 24GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>Write a Python function to sort a list
Here's a Python function that sorts a list using quicksort:

def quicksort(arr):
 if len(arr) <= 1:
 return arr
 pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2]
 left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot]
 middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot]
 right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot]
 return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right)

# Example usage
numbers = [3, 6, 8, 10, 1, 2, 1]
print(quicksort(numbers)) # [1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10]

The algorithm picks a pivot, partitions the list into smaller, equal, and larger elements, then recursively sorts each partition and concatenates the results.
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>Now add type hints and a docstring
def quicksort(arr: list[int]) -> list[int]:
 """Sort a list using the quicksort algorithm.

 Args:
 arr: List of integers to sort.

 Returns:
 A new sorted list.
 """
 if len(arr) <= 1:
 return arr
 pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2]
 left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot]
 middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot]
 right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot]
 return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right)

Added type hints for the input and return type, plus a Google-style docstring.
Estimated: 21.2 tok/s decode · 9.1s TTFT (warm) · 53 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

It fits through host-memory offload, and offload is the main reason performance drops.

CPU or host-memory offload is active

About 10% of the working set spills out of accelerator memory, which usually hurts latency and sustained decode throughput.

Very little memory headroom

You can run the model, but there is not much room left for longer context, bigger batches, extra apps, or future model updates.

Best improvement path

Remove offload with more accelerator memory

Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.

Buy headroom, not only minimum fit

A slightly larger memory tier gives you safer context growth and makes the recommendation more future-proof.

Increase host RAM if you keep offloading

This setup may need roughly 2.2 GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.

Performance by workload

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Chat	A	Runs with offload (needs ~0.8 GB host RAM)	24.8 tok/s	4259 ms	4K
Coding	A	Very compromised (needs ~2.2 GB host RAM)	21.2 tok/s	9143 ms	4K
Agentic Coding	F	Too heavy	15.9 tok/s	17670 ms	4K
Reasoning	A	Very compromised (needs ~2.2 GB host RAM)	21.2 tok/s	10805 ms	4K
RAG	F	Too heavy	15.9 tok/s	22087 ms

Quantization options

How EXAONE 4.0 32B (32B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 3090 24GB (24.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	12.5 GB	Low	S85
Q3_K_S	3	15.7 GB	Low	A85
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Get started

Copy-paste commands to run EXAONE 4.0 32B on your machine.

Run

ollama run exaone-4:32b

Your hardware

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Frequently asked questions

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