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Hardware guide · Gemma

What hardware do you need to run Gemma 3n E4B?

Gemma 3n E4B needs about 5.7 GB to run at Q4_K_M, so the lightest hardware that runs it is Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8GB). 35 of 43 devices tested can run it.

Needs (Q4_K_M)
~5.7 GB
Devices that run it
35
Too small
8
Lightest that runs it
~7 GB
Recommended Q4_K_M

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~5.7 GB of ~7 GB usable.

What kind of hardware runs Gemma 3n E4B

Of the 35 devices that run it, here is the split by hardware class.

11 discrete GPUs 13 Macs 2 laptops 9 phones

Hardware that runs Gemma 3n E4B

Ranked by usable memory, lightest first. Prices are approximate street prices for the device itself (a GPU is the card alone; a Mac is the whole machine). Tok/s is a bandwidth estimate; see methodology.

Compatible devices 35 total

See the full Gemma 3n E4B memory breakdown, or compare it against other models.

Sources

Memory at Q4_K_M (5.7 GB = 4.23 GB weights + KV cache + overhead), validated 2026-09-14. See methodology.