"Will it run on my machine?" is the first question everyone asks before pulling a model with Ollama....
"Will it run on my machine?" is the first question everyone asks before pulling a model with Ollama. The honest answer is a formula, not a yes or no. Here's how to estimate memory before you download 9GB you can't fit, plus what to actually expect for speed on the hardware you already own.
The Rule of Thumb
A model's memory footprint is roughly:
RAM = (parameters in billions) * (bytes per parameter) + overhead
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