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Can I run Apple OpenELM 1.1B on Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB)?

Compatibility verdict VRAM threshold engine
Yes, it runs GPU accelerated ~264 tok/s est.

Yes. Apple OpenELM 1.1B runs on Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) at Q4_K_M (~1.7 GB of ~7 GB usable).

Needs ~1.7 GB Device usable ~7 GB

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~1.7 GB of ~7 GB usable. You have room for FP16 for higher quality.

That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) leaves ~5.3 GB of headroom, room to step up to FP16 for higher quality.

Q4_K_M needed
~1.7 GB
Usable on device
~7 GB
Device memory
8 GB
Best quant
Q4_K_M
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Which quant fits

Quant ladder vs ~7 GB usable
Q2_K
~1.6 GB
Q3_K_M
~1.6 GB
Q4_K_M
~1.7 GB
Q5_K_M
~1.9 GB
Q6_K
~2 GB
Q8_0
~2.2 GB
FP16
~3.3 GB
The line marks Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB)'s ~7 GB budget; rungs past it are too large.

Running cost · estimate

Power & economics est.
Power draw
~150 W
Electricity / 1M tokens
~$0.02
Pays for itself after
~790M tok

At ~$0.15/kWh and the estimated ~264 tok/s, a million generated tokens costs about $0.02 in electricity. Versus a hosted API at ~$0.5 per million tokens, the ~$379 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) pays for itself after roughly 790 million tokens, so local hardware is mostly a fixed cost, not a per-token one. TDP is the peak draw, so this is an upper bound. Assumptions.

Run it

Install commands Windows

Pick your tool. All 2 load the same Q4_K_M weights.

llama.cpp
$ llama-cli -hf mradermacher/OpenELM-1_1B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
LM Studio
$ lms get mradermacher/OpenELM-1_1B-GGUF

How to run it

On Windows use LM Studio (Best GUI on Windows, auto-detects CUDA/Vulkan backends.).

Model OpenELM
Parameters
1.1B
Q4_K_M size
0.63 GB
Q8_0 size
1.07 GB
Context
2k
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Device Windows
Memory
8 GB vram
Usable for weights
~7 GB
Power draw
~150 W
Best runtime
llama.cpp CUDA (Pascal, no tensor cores)
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FAQ

Can Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) run Apple OpenELM 1.1B?

Yes. Apple OpenELM 1.1B runs on Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) at Q4_K_M (~1.7 GB of ~7 GB usable).

How much memory does Apple OpenELM 1.1B need?

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) has room to spare. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~0.63 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~1.7 GB at a 4k context.

What is the best tool to run Apple OpenELM 1.1B on Windows?

LM Studio for a simple setup; Ollama (CUDA) for the most speed. AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.

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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.