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Which local AI models fit on an 8GB GPU? Qwen3.5 9B, Gemma 4 and what doesn't
Qwen3.5 9B and Gemma 4 E4B fit an 8GB card with room for real context. Gemma 4 12B only just fits. Qwen3.8 27B and gpt-oss-20b don't, and Qwen3.8 Flash Next needs 48GB or more of system RAM. Every number below, model by model, re-checked Nov 3, 2026.
Aliteq Team · · 8 min