text model · Gemma · Android
Can I run Gemma 2 27B on Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra?
No. Gemma 2 27B needs ~18.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra only has ~8.5 GB usable.
Needs ~18.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~8.5 GB is usable.
That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes.
The gap is about 10.2 GB: Gemma 2 27B needs roughly 18.7 GB at Q4_K_M and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra leaves only about 8.5 GB usable for a model. The lightest tracked hardware that runs Gemma 2 27B is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB) at 24 GB. See Gemma 2 27B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB).
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~18.7 GB
- Usable on device
- ~8.5 GB
- Device memory
- 12 GB
Which quant fits
How to run it
On Android use PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.).
- Parameters
- 27B
- Q4_K_M size
- 16.65 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 28.94 GB
- Context
- 8k
- Ollama tag
- gemma2:27b
- Memory
- 12 GB ram
- Usable for weights
- ~8.5 GB
- Power draw
- ~8 W
- Best runtime
- llama.cpp (PocketPal) or MLC-LLM (Adreno GPU path)
What you can run instead
Run Gemma 2 27B on other hardware
FAQ
Can Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra run Gemma 2 27B?
No. Gemma 2 27B needs ~18.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra only has ~8.5 GB usable.
How much memory does Gemma 2 27B need?
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~16.65 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~18.7 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run Gemma 2 27B on Android?
On Android, PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.) is the go-to option. NPU acceleration is limited and chip-specific; most apps run on CPU. Expect 1B-4B class.
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[](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/gemma-2-27b/samsung-s24-ultra) Sources
- androidauthority.com
- comparigon.com
- github.com/a-ghorbani
- github.com/google-ai-edge
- github.com/mlc-ai
- github.com/shubham0204
- github.com/Vali-98
- gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s24_ultra-12419.php
- gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s24_ultra-12771.php
- gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s24_ultra-review-2754p5.php
- huggingface.co/bartowski/gemma-2-27b-it-GGUF
- huggingface.co/bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF
- layla-network.ai
- lmarena.ai
- ollama.com/library/gemma2
- ollama.com/library/gemma2/tags
Weights are measured from GGUF files; KV cache and overhead are computed, so totals can vary ~15% with context and runtime. Any tok/s is a bandwidth estimate. See methodology.