Can I run it?
Can I run gemma 4 E4B it on GeForce RTX 3090?
Runs
Runs fully on your GeForce RTX 3090 at BF16, 8K context, about 33–45 tok/s. Weights 14.0 GB plus 0.14 GB of KV cache — 14.6 GB of 22.3 GB usable. Up to 128K context still fits.
Best quantBF16
Working context8K
Max that fits128K
Speed33–45 tok/sEstimate from memory bandwidth, not a benchmark. Method.
Weights14.0 GB
KV cache0.14 GB
Total14.6 GB
Usable22.3 GB
gemma 4 E4B it details · GeForce RTX 3090 page · How this estimate is made
Run commands
llama.cpp
llama-server -hf unsloth/gemma-4-E4B-it-GGUF:BF16 -c 8192 -ngl 42
Ollama
ollama run gemma
LM Studio
lms get unsloth/gemma-4-E4B-it-GGUF # Then load quant BF16
Assumptions
- Estimate from memory bandwidth, not a benchmark. Decode speed uses 55–75% of peak bandwidth.
- KV cache is FP16. Engine overhead assumes llama.cpp (0.3 GB + 1% of the weights). Ollama is closer to 0.9 GB + 3%, LM Studio closer to 1 GB + 3%.
- BF16 size is the real GGUF file size from Hugging Face.
- 0.5 GB is reserved because this GPU also drives a display, then 5% of the rest is left free.
- Speed is quoted at 8K context, not at the maximum context that still fits.
Larger models that also fit
- Can I run Qwen3.8 27B on GeForce RTX 3090? — Tight fit, UD-Q6_K, 23–31 tok/s (estimate)
- Can I run gemma 4 12b it on GeForce RTX 3090? — Runs, UD-Q8_K_XL, 31–42 tok/s (estimate)
- Can I run Qwen3.5 9B on GeForce RTX 3090? — Runs, BF16, 28–39 tok/s (estimate)
Updated 2026-10-24. Profile on this page is the device default plus 32 GB of DDR5-5600 system RAM.