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GeForce RTX 4090 (used) · 24GB GDDR6X

Can the GeForce RTX 4090 (used) run Gemma 4 31B IT?

Fits comfortably at Q4_K_M.

Gemma 4 31B IT is 31.3B parameters. At Q4_K_M the weights are about 17.5 GiB; with the 1.5 GiB runtime reserve that is 19.0 GiB against the card's 24GB, leaving about 5.0 GiB for context.

All three quants

24GB card
QuantWeightsWith reserveVerdictHeadroom
Q4_K_Mthe everyday quant17.5 GiB19.0 GiBFits comfortably5.0 GiB
Q8_0near-lossless30.9 GiB32.4 GiBOnly with CPU offloadshort 8.4 GiB
FP16full weights58.3 GiB59.8 GiBDoes not fitshort 35.8 GiB

Verdict rules: fits comfortably when weights plus reserve sit within 85% of VRAM; tight when they fit with little left for context; CPU offload when they exceed VRAM by up to 2x (runs, slowly, with layers in system RAM); no beyond that. The KV cache per token depends on the model's architecture and is not modelled here.

Good match. Get the card.

The GeForce RTX 4090 (used) clears Gemma 4 31B IT at Q4_K_M. Live listings below; this page was rebuilt 2026-08-23.

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About the model

Gemma 4 31B IT by Google: 262,144-token native context, text + vision, released 2026 under the Apache-2.0. Model card → · Hosted pricing on PicksByModel →

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