gemma-3-27b-it-abliterated
mlabonne/gemma-3-27b-it-abliteratedgemma-3-27b-it-abliterated at Q4_K_M is exactly 16,546,689,024 bytes (15.41 GiB / 16.55 GB) — an effective 4.825 bits per weight, not the nominal 4. Its KV cache at 32K is 3.11 GiB, not the 15.50 GiB a flat formula predicts.
Shipped quantizations
| Quant | Size● | Exact bytes● | Effective bpw● | Tensors● | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IQ2_XS | 7.86 GiB | 8,438,904,192 | 2.461 | — | bartowski |
| IQ2_S | 8.18 GiB | 8,782,409,088 | 2.561 | — | bartowski |
| IQ2_M | 8.84 GiB | 9,493,073,280 | 2.768 | — | bartowski |
| Q2_K | 9.78 GiB | 10,503,720,960 | 3.063 | — | bartowski |
| Q2_K | 9.78 GiB | 10,503,721,152 | 3.063 | — | mradermacher |
| IQ3_XXS | 9.98 GiB | 10,716,478,848 | 3.125 | — | bartowski |
| Q2_K_L | 10.10 GiB | 10,845,115,776 | 3.163 | — | bartowski |
| IQ3_XS | 10.77 GiB | 11,562,233,856 | 3.372 | — | bartowski |
| Q3_K_S | 11.33 GiB | 12,167,614,464 | 3.548 | — | bartowski |
| Q3_K_S | 11.33 GiB | 12,167,614,656 | 3.548 | — | mradermacher |
| IQ3_M | 11.69 GiB | 12,547,074,048 | 3.659 | — | bartowski |
| Q3_K_M | 12.51 GiB | 13,437,640,704 | 3.919 | — | bartowski |
| Q3_K_M | 12.51 GiB | 13,437,640,896 | 3.919 | — | mradermacher |
| Q3_K_L | 13.54 GiB | 14,543,462,400 | 4.241 | — | bartowski |
| Q3_K_L | 13.54 GiB | 14,543,462,592 | 4.241 | — | mradermacher |
| IQ4_XS | 13.75 GiB | 14,767,448,064 | 4.307 | — | bartowski |
| IQ4_XS | 13.87 GiB | 14,893,891,776 | 4.343 | — | mradermacher |
| IQ4_NL | 14.50 GiB | 15,567,396,864 | 4.540 | — | bartowski |
| Q4_0 | 14.55 GiB | 15,617,974,272 | 4.555 | — | bartowski |
| Q4_K_S | 14.60 GiB | 15,674,056,704 | 4.571 | — | bartowski |
| Q4_K_S | 14.60 GiB | 15,674,056,896 | 4.571 | — | mradermacher |
| Q4_K_M | 15.41 GiB | 16,546,689,024 | 4.825 | — | bartowski |
| Q4_K_M | 15.41 GiB | 16,546,689,216 | 4.825 | — | mradermacher |
| Q4_K_L | 15.73 GiB | 16,888,083,840 | 4.925 | — | bartowski |
| Q4_1 | 15.99 GiB | 17,167,294,464 | 5.006 | — | bartowski |
| Q5_K_S | 17.48 GiB | 18,767,192,064 | 5.473 | — | bartowski |
| Q5_K_S | 17.48 GiB | 18,767,192,256 | 5.473 | — | mradermacher |
| Q5_K_M | 17.95 GiB | 19,271,675,904 | 5.620 | — | bartowski |
| Q5_K_M | 17.95 GiB | 19,271,676,096 | 5.620 | — | mradermacher |
| Q5_K_L | 18.27 GiB | 19,613,070,720 | 5.720 | — | bartowski |
| Q6_K | 20.64 GiB | 22,166,974,464 | 6.465 | — | bartowski |
| Q6_K | 20.64 GiB | 22,166,974,656 | 6.465 | — | mradermacher |
| Q6_K_L | 20.96 GiB | 22,508,369,280 | 6.564 | — | bartowski |
| Q8_0 | 26.74 GiB | 28,707,972,480 | 8.372 | — | bartowski |
| Q8_0 | 26.74 GiB | 28,707,972,672 | 8.372 | — | mradermacher |
| BF162 shards | 50.32 GiB | 54,027,964,704 | 15.756 | — | bartowski |
KV cache by context
| Context | KV cache (f16)● | Flat formula | Overstated by | Full / windowed / recurrent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,096 | 0.92 GiB | 1.94 GiB | 2.10× | 10 / 52 / 0 |
| 8,192 | 1.23 GiB | 3.88 GiB | 3.14× | 10 / 52 / 0 |
| 16,384 | 1.86 GiB | 7.75 GiB | 4.17× | 10 / 52 / 0 |
| 32,768 | 3.11 GiB | 15.50 GiB | 4.98× | 10 / 52 / 0 |
| 65,536 | 5.61 GiB | 31.00 GiB | 5.53× | 10 / 52 / 0 |
| 131,072 | 10.61 GiB | 62.00 GiB | 5.84× | 10 / 52 / 0 |
52 of 62 layers cache only a 1,024-token window rather than the full context, on a period of 6. Figures assume the default configuration; --swa-full disables the saving entirely.
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Will it run on your card?
Why other calculators give a different number
A parameters × bits ÷ 8 estimate puts Q4_K_M at roughly 14.37 GiB. The real file is 15.41 GiB, because a quantization is a mixture and some tensors are always kept at higher precision. The larger discrepancy is the cache: a flat formula gives 15.50 GiB at 32K context where the real figure is 3.11 GiB, because most of this model's layers cache a fixed window rather than the whole context.
Architecture
Questions people ask
- How much VRAM does gemma-3-27b-it-abliterated need?
- Q4_K_M is exactly 16,546,689,024 bytes (15.41 GiB) in weights. Add the KV cache, which depends on your context length, plus roughly half a gigabyte of runtime overhead.
- How large is gemma-3-27b-it-abliterated's KV cache?
- 3.11 GiB at 32K context with an f16 cache, computed per layer. Quantizing the cache to q8_0 roughly halves it, which is often the difference between a context length fitting and not.
- Which quantization of gemma-3-27b-it-abliterated should I use?
- Q4_K_M is the usual default. Pick the largest quantization that fits your card at the context you actually need — the table above gives exact sizes for every one published.