gemma-4-19B-A4B-it-INSTRUCT-Heretic-Uncensored
DavidAU/gemma-4-19B-A4B-it-INSTRUCT-Heretic-Uncensoredgemma-4-19B-A4B-it-INSTRUCT-Heretic-Uncensored at Q4_K_M is exactly 12,291,399,072 bytes (11.45 GiB / 12.29 GB) — an effective 5.169 bits per weight, not the nominal 4. Its KV cache at 32K is 1.54 GiB, not the 7.50 GiB a flat formula predicts.
Shipped quantizations
| Quant | Size● | Exact bytes● | Effective bpw● | Tensors● | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I1-IQ1_S | 5.70 GiB | 6,123,356,160 | 2.575 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ1_M | 5.96 GiB | 6,395,804,160 | 2.690 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ2_XXS | 6.38 GiB | 6,849,884,160 | 2.881 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ2_XS | 6.73 GiB | 7,225,763,840 | 3.039 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ2_S | 6.78 GiB | 7,282,534,400 | 3.063 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ2_M | 7.12 GiB | 7,645,798,400 | 3.215 | — | mradermacher |
| Q2_K | 7.28 GiB | 7,815,507,136 | 3.287 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q2_K | 7.28 GiB | 7,815,507,456 | 3.287 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q2_K_S | 7.29 GiB | 7,829,001,728 | 3.292 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ3_XXS | 7.74 GiB | 8,311,275,520 | 3.495 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ3_XS | 7.98 GiB | 8,572,211,712 | 3.605 | — | mradermacher |
| Q3_K_S | 8.38 GiB | 8,996,115,136 | 3.783 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ3_S | 8.38 GiB | 8,996,115,456 | 3.783 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q3_K_S | 8.38 GiB | 8,996,115,456 | 3.783 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ3_M | 8.51 GiB | 9,138,019,328 | 3.843 | — | mradermacher |
| Q3_K_M | 9.10 GiB | 9,773,229,760 | 4.110 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q3_K_M | 9.10 GiB | 9,773,230,080 | 4.110 | — | mradermacher |
| Q3_K_L | 9.48 GiB | 10,174,442,176 | 4.279 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q3_K_L | 9.48 GiB | 10,174,442,496 | 4.279 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ4_XS | 9.53 GiB | 10,232,367,616 | 4.303 | — | mradermacher |
| IQ4_XS | 9.63 GiB | 10,336,074,944 | 4.347 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-IQ4_NL | 9.88 GiB | 10,612,752,896 | 4.463 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q4_0 | 9.92 GiB | 10,647,322,112 | 4.478 | — | mradermacher |
| Q4_K_S | 10.56 GiB | 11,341,589,696 | 4.770 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q4_K_S | 10.56 GiB | 11,341,590,016 | 4.770 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q4_1 | 10.91 GiB | 11,719,215,616 | 4.928 | — | mradermacher |
| Q4_K_M | 11.45 GiB | 12,291,399,072 | 5.169 | — | kainah |
| Q4_K_M | 11.45 GiB | 12,291,403,968 | 5.169 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q4_K_M | 11.45 GiB | 12,291,404,288 | 5.169 | — | mradermacher |
| Q5_K_S | 12.27 GiB | 13,171,370,176 | 5.539 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q5_K_S | 12.27 GiB | 13,171,370,496 | 5.539 | — | mradermacher |
| Q5_K_M | 13.03 GiB | 13,987,942,592 | 5.883 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q5_K_M | 13.03 GiB | 13,987,942,912 | 5.883 | — | mradermacher |
| Q6_K | 15.38 GiB | 16,516,468,416 | 6.946 | — | mradermacher |
| I1-Q6_K | 15.38 GiB | 16,516,468,736 | 6.946 | — | mradermacher |
| Q8_0 | 18.29 GiB | 19,643,236,544 | 8.261 | — | mradermacher |
KV cache by context
| Context | KV cache (f16)● | Flat formula | Overstated by | Full / windowed / recurrent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,096 | 0.45 GiB | 0.94 GiB | 2.09× | 5 / 25 / 0 |
| 8,192 | 0.61 GiB | 1.88 GiB | 3.10× | 5 / 25 / 0 |
| 16,384 | 0.92 GiB | 3.75 GiB | 4.09× | 5 / 25 / 0 |
| 32,768 | 1.54 GiB | 7.50 GiB | 4.86× | 5 / 25 / 0 |
| 65,536 | 2.79 GiB | 15.00 GiB | 5.37× | 5 / 25 / 0 |
| 131,072 | 5.29 GiB | 30.00 GiB | 5.67× | 5 / 25 / 0 |
25 of 30 layers cache only a 1,024-token window rather than the full context, on a period of . 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 9.97 GiB. The real file is 11.45 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 7.50 GiB at 32K context where the real figure is 1.54 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-4-19B-A4B-it-INSTRUCT-Heretic-Uncensored need?
- Q4_K_M is exactly 12,291,399,072 bytes (11.45 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-4-19B-A4B-it-INSTRUCT-Heretic-Uncensored's KV cache?
- 1.54 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.
- Is gemma-4-19B-A4B-it-INSTRUCT-Heretic-Uncensored a mixture-of-experts model?
- Yes — 90 experts, null routed per token. Every expert must be resident, but only the routed ones are read per token, which is why its memory requirement and its speed behave very differently.
- Which quantization of gemma-4-19B-A4B-it-INSTRUCT-Heretic-Uncensored 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.