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Gemma 3 27B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super can run Gemma 3 27B at 12 tok/s at Q3_K_M, though performance is acceptable. Consider a higher-end GPU for better results.

Model Size

27.23B

Device VRAM

16 GB

Bandwidth

672 GB/s

Quantizations Tested

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Performance by Quantization

Each row shows Gemma 3 27B performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super.

QuantizationSpeedTTFTFits in VRAMRatingConfidence
Q3_K_M12 tok/s700ms✓ YesAcceptableestimated

Notes

Q3_K_M

Q3_K_M fits with 2.7GB headroom. Better bandwidth (672 GB/s) than 4060 Ti yields usable speed.

About Gemma 3 27B

Gemma 3 27B (27.23B) is a chat, coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Google's strongest open-weight model. Excellent reasoning and instruction following. At 27B parameters, it's the sweet spot between 8B models (too limited) and 70B models (too expensive). Strong multilingual support. Fits on 24GB GPUs at Q4.

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About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super has 16 GB at 672 GB/s. Street price: $779.

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Source: Performance estimates based on model size and device bandwidth (2026-03-15)

Data last updated: 2026-03-15