RTX 3090 24GB

// weights Q3_K_M for Qwen 3.6 35B A3B (35B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 35 × 3.44 ÷ 8
        = 15.05 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
15.05 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 3.70 GB of weights budget left

// weights Q3_K_M for Yi 34B (34B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 34 × 3.44 ÷ 8
        = 14.62 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
14.62 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 4.13 GB of weights budget left

// weights AWQ 4-bit for Qwen 2.5 32B (32.5B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 32.5 × 4.25 ÷ 8
        = 17.27 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
17.27 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 1.48 GB of weights budget left

// weights AWQ 4-bit for Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (32.5B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 32.5 × 4.25 ÷ 8
        = 17.27 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
17.27 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 1.48 GB of weights budget left

// weights Q4_K_M for Qwen3 30B A3B (30.5B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 30.5 × 4.5 ÷ 8
        = 17.16 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
17.16 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 1.59 GB of weights budget left

// weights Q4_K_M for Qwen 3.6 27B (27B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 27 × 4.5 ÷ 8
        = 15.19 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
15.19 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 3.56 GB of weights budget left

// weights Q5_K_M for Gemma 4 26B A4B (26B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 26 × 5.5 ÷ 8
        = 17.88 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
17.88 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 0.87 GB of weights budget left

// weights Q5_K_M for Mistral Small 3 (24B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 24 × 5.5 ÷ 8
        = 16.50 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
16.50 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 2.25 GB of weights budget left

// weights Q6_K for gpt-oss 20B (20.9B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 20.9 × 6.56 ÷ 8
        = 17.14 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
17.14 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 1.61 GB of weights budget left

// weights Q8_0 for StarCoder2 15B (15B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 15 × 8.5 ÷ 8
        = 15.94 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
15.94 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 2.81 GB of weights budget left

// weights Q8_0 for Phi-4 (14.7B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 14.7 × 8.5 ÷ 8
        = 15.62 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
15.62 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 3.13 GB of weights budget left

// weights FP16/BF16 for Qwen 3.5 9B (9B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 9 × 16 ÷ 8
        = 18.00 GB

// budget on RTX 3090 (24GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 1.60 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 3.60 GB    (15% of 24GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 24 − 3.60 − 0.05 − 1.60
          = 18.75 GB

// fit decision
18.00 ≤ 18.75  → FITS
headroom  = 0.75 GB of weights budget left