Can I Run Gemma 4 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~5.3 GB of headroom running Gemma 4 31B at Q4_K_M (18.71625 GB, ~28 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Specs

VRAM24 GB
Memory Bandwidth936 GB/s

Gemma 4 31B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 24 GB?Max context
F1663.7 GB✗ No
Q8_034.6 GB✗ No
Q6_K27.1 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M23.7 GB✓ Yes4K
Q4_K_M20.4 GB✓ Yes16K
Q3_K_M14.9 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K11.9 GB✓ Yes32K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 24 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Gemma 4 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Gemma 4 31BQ4_K_M · 18.71625 GB · ~28 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 4 26B-A4BQ4_K_M · 15.6975 GB · ~127 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 4 12B (Unified)Q4_K_M · 7.245 GB · ~63 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 4 E4BQ4 (QAT) · 4.5 GB · ~91 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 4 E2BQ4 (QAT) · 2.86875 GB · ~124 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Can I run Gemma 4 on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~5.3 GB of headroom running Gemma 4 31B at Q4_K_M (18.71625 GB, ~28 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

What's the best Gemma 4 size for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?

Gemma 4 31B at Q4_K_M quantization (18.71625 GB), estimated ~28 tokens/sec, up to 16K context.

Every Gemma 4 size on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Gemma 4 31B18.7 GBRuns~28 tok/s
Gemma 4 26B-A4B15.7 GBRuns~127 tok/s
Gemma 4 12B (Unified)7.2 GBRuns~63 tok/s
Gemma 4 E4B4.5 GBRuns~91 tok/s
Gemma 4 E2B2.9 GBRuns~124 tok/s

Gemma 4 on Other GPUs

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