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Can I run Gemma 4 12B on Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra?

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No, not enough memory would not load

No. Gemma 4 12B needs ~8.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra only has ~8.5 GB usable.

Needs ~8.7 GB Device usable ~8.5 GB

Needs ~8.7 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 0.2 GB: Gemma 4 12B needs roughly 8.7 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 4 12B is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) at 12 GB. See Gemma 4 12B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB).

Q4_K_M needed
~8.7 GB
Usable on device
~8.5 GB
Device memory
12 GB
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Which quant fits

Quant ladder vs ~8.5 GB usable
Q2_K
~6.6 GB
Q3_K_M
~7.5 GB
Q4_K_M
~8.7 GB
Q5_K_M
~10.2 GB
Q6_K
~11.4 GB
Q8_0
~14.3 GB
FP16
~25.4 GB
The line marks Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's ~8.5 GB budget; rungs past it are too large.

How to run it

On Android use PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.).

Model Gemma
Parameters
12B
Q4_K_M size
7.12 GB
Q8_0 size
12.67 GB
Context
256k
Ollama tag
gemma4:12b
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Device Android
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)
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What you can run instead

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FAQ

Can Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra run Gemma 4 12B?

No. Gemma 4 12B needs ~8.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra only has ~8.5 GB usable.

How much memory does Gemma 4 12B need?

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~7.12 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~8.7 GB at a 4k context.

What is the best tool to run Gemma 4 12B 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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Sources

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.