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Hardware guide · Llama 3.2 Vision

What hardware do you need to run Llama 3.2 Vision 11B?

Llama 3.2 Vision 11B needs about 9 GB to run at Q4_K_M, so the lightest hardware that runs it is Apple M2 (16GB). 29 of 40 devices tested can run it.

Needs (Q4_K_M)
~9 GB
Devices that run it
29
Too small
11
Lightest that runs it
~10.5 GB
Recommended Q4_K_M
Apple M2 (16GB) Yes

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~9 GB of ~10.5 GB usable.

What kind of hardware runs Llama 3.2 Vision 11B

Of the 29 devices that run it, here is the split by hardware class.

9 discrete GPUs 13 Macs 2 laptops 5 phones

Hardware that runs Llama 3.2 Vision 11B

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 29 total

Too small for Llama 3.2 Vision 11B

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) iPhone 17 Pro iPhone Air Apple M1 (8GB) 8GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only) iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Pro Generic Android Phone (8GB RAM) iPhone 17

See the full Llama 3.2 Vision 11B memory breakdown, or compare it against other models.

Sources

Memory at Q4_K_M (9 GB = 7.36 GB weights + KV cache + overhead), validated 2026-08-03. See methodology.