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Gemma 2 27B needs ~28.1 GB VRAM. NVIDIA A30 24GB has 24.0 GB. With Q3_K_S quantization, expect ~29 tok/s.
Operating mode
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.
Select quantization to explore
7.3 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Too heavy
Decode
19.9 tok/s
TTFT
9731 ms
Safe context
6K
Memory
31.3 GB / 24.0 GB
Offload
20%
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.
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 1.9 GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | B | Runs with offload | 28.7 tok/s | 3676 ms | 6K |
| Coding | F | Too heavy | 18.9 tok/s | 10218 ms | 6K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 9.9 tok/s | 28338 ms | 6K |
| Reasoning | F | Too heavy | 18.9 tok/s | 12075 ms | 6K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 9.9 tok/s | 35422 ms | 6K |
How Gemma 2 27B (27B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA A30 24GB (24.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 10.5 GB | Low | B69 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 13.2 GB | Low | B70 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run Gemma 2 27B on your machine.
Run
ollama run gemma2:27bUpgrade options
Makes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$1,999 MSRP
Makes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$2,499 MSRP
Makes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$4,000 MSRP
15.1 GB |
| Medium |
| B69 |
Q4_K_MBest for your GPU | 4 | 16.5 GB | Medium | B69 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 19.4 GB | High | F0 |
Q6_K | 6 | 22.1 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 28.9 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 55.4 GB | Maximum | F0 |
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.
