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Compatibility Report

Gemma 3 27B on NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300

Yes — Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300 runs Gemma 3 27B excellently at Q8_0 — 130 tok/s. 288 GB VRAM with plenty of headroom.

Model Size

27.23B

Device VRAM

288 GB

Bandwidth

8000 GB/s

Quantization

Q8_0

Benchmarks

Performance by Quantization

OwnRig currently has one published compatibility entry for Gemma 3 27B on NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300 at Q8_0. This is the best supported pairing we can stand behind today.

QuantizationSpeedTTFTFits in VRAMRatingConfidence
Q8_0130 tok/s75ms✓ YesExcellentestimated

Notes

Q8_0

Full quality. 259GB headroom.

About Gemma 3 27B

Gemma 3 27B (27.23B) is a chat, coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Google's largest open-weight model before Gemma 4. Capable reasoning and instruction following. At 27B parameters, it sits between 8B models (too limited) and 70B models (too expensive). Wide multilingual support. Fits on 24 GB GPUs at Q4.

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About NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300

NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300 has 288 GB at 8000 GB/s. Street price: $30,000.

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Estimate method: Estimated from GB300 bandwidth ratio vs RTX 4090. Reference hardware source: dell.com (2026-03-23)

Performance varies by driver version, inference engine, quantization method, context length, and system configuration. Figures shown are estimates based on community benchmarks and may not reflect your exact setup. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners. OwnRig is independent and not affiliated with any hardware or AI model provider.