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Can gemma 3 27b it run on NVIDIA A800 80GB?

YES — Runs Great

C50Usable
Estimated from fit model

gemma 3 27b it needs ~28.8 GB VRAM. NVIDIA A800 80GB has 80.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~92 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: HighStack: BasicBottleneck: Balanced
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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) — 28.8 GB, 91.6 tok/s, Runs well
28.8 GB required80.0 GB available
36% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

91.6 tok/s

TTFT

2113 ms

Safe context

275K

Memory

28.8 GB / 80.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights16.5 GB
KV Cache3.2 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom8.0 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsgemma 3 27b it on NVIDIA A800 80GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>What is local AI inference?
Local AI inference means running an AI language model directly on your own hardware — your laptop, desktop, or server — instead of sending requests to a remote cloud API. When you run inference locally the model weights are loaded into your GPU or unified memory. Each token you generate requires reading those weights from memory, so memory bandwidth is the main bottleneck for decode speed. Key benefits of running locally: - Full privacy: your prompts never leave your machine - No per-token cost or rate limits - Works offline once the model is downloaded - Latency depends only on your hardware
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>How much VRAM do I need?
It depends on the model size and quantization level. A rough rule of thumb: Model size Q4 (4-bit) Q8 (8-bit) FP16 7B params ~4.3 GB ~7.5 GB ~14 GB 13B params ~7.9 GB ~13.9 GB ~26 GB 70B params ~42.7 GB ~74.9 GB ~140 GB Most people use 4-bit quantization (Q4_K_M) which gives 90-95% of full quality at a fraction of the memory. A 24 GB GPU can comfortably run most 7B-13B models.
Estimated: 91.6 tok/s decode · 2.1s TTFT (warm) · 229 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

This setup is broadly balanced for this model.

No major red flags

This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatCRuns well91.6 tok/s1152 ms275K
CodingCRuns well91.6 tok/s2113 ms275K
Agentic CodingCRuns well91.6 tok/s3073 ms275K
ReasoningCRuns well91.6 tok/s2497 ms275K
RAGCRuns well91.6 tok/s3841 ms275K

Quantization options

How gemma 3 27b it (27B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA A800 80GB (80.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
10.5 GB
LowC41
Q3_K_S
3
13.2 GB
LowC41
NVFP4
4

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run gemma 3 27b it on your machine.

Run

lms load hf-unsloth--gemma-3-27b-it-gguf && lms server start

Frequently asked questions

See all results for NVIDIA A800 80GBSee all hardware for gemma 3 27b it
15.1 GB
Medium
C41
Q4_K_M
4
16.5 GB
MediumC41
Q5_K_M
5
19.4 GB
HighC42
Q6_K
6
22.1 GB
HighC42
Q8_0
8
28.9 GB
Very HighC44
F16Best for your GPU
16
55.4 GB
MaximumC48