gpt-oss-120b-uncensored-bf16
huizimao/gpt-oss-120b-uncensored-bf16gpt-oss-120b-uncensored-bf16 at Q4_K_M is exactly 62,841,713,632 bytes (58.53 GiB / 62.84 GB) — an effective 4.303 bits per weight, not the nominal 4. Its KV cache at 32K is 1.15 GiB, not the 2.25 GiB a flat formula predicts.
Shipped quantizations
| Quant | Size● | Exact bytes● | Effective bpw● | Tensors● | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3_K_L2 shards | 58.30 GiB | 62,600,116,192 | 4.287 | — | Valent1qw |
| Q3_K_L2 shards | 58.30 GiB | 62,600,116,192 | 4.287 | — | bartowski |
| IQ2_M2 shards | 58.38 GiB | 62,686,377,952 | 4.293 | — | Valent1qw |
| IQ2_M2 shards | 58.38 GiB | 62,686,377,952 | 4.293 | — | bartowski |
| IQ3_M2 shards | 58.40 GiB | 62,706,284,512 | 4.294 | — | bartowski |
| IQ3_M2 shards | 58.40 GiB | 62,706,284,512 | 4.294 | — | Valent1qw |
| Q2_K2 shards | 58.40 GiB | 62,706,284,512 | 4.294 | — | Valent1qw |
| Q2_K2 shards | 58.40 GiB | 62,706,284,512 | 4.294 | — | bartowski |
| IQ4_NL2 shards | 58.40 GiB | 62,709,602,272 | 4.294 | — | bartowski |
| IQ4_NL2 shards | 58.40 GiB | 62,709,602,272 | 4.294 | — | Valent1qw |
| Q4_K_M2 shards | 58.53 GiB | 62,841,713,632 | 4.303 | — | Valent1qw |
| Q4_K_M2 shards | 58.53 GiB | 62,841,713,632 | 4.303 | — | bartowski |
| Q2_K_L2 shards | 58.67 GiB | 62,995,851,232 | 4.314 | — | bartowski |
| Q2_K_L2 shards | 58.67 GiB | 62,995,851,232 | 4.314 | — | Valent1qw |
| Q4_K_L2 shards | 58.73 GiB | 63,058,888,672 | 4.318 | — | Valent1qw |
| Q4_K_L2 shards | 58.73 GiB | 63,058,888,672 | 4.318 | — | bartowski |
| Q6_K2 shards | 58.94 GiB | 63,284,496,352 | 4.333 | — | Valent1qw |
| Q6_K2 shards | 58.94 GiB | 63,284,496,352 | 4.333 | — | bartowski |
KV cache by context
| Context | KV cache (f16)● | Flat formula | Overstated by | Full / windowed / recurrent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,096 | 0.17 GiB | 0.28 GiB | 1.68× | 18 / 18 / 0 |
| 8,192 | 0.31 GiB | 0.56 GiB | 1.83× | 18 / 18 / 0 |
| 16,384 | 0.59 GiB | 1.13 GiB | 1.91× | 18 / 18 / 0 |
| 32,768 | 1.15 GiB | 2.25 GiB | 1.95× | 18 / 18 / 0 |
| 65,536 | 2.28 GiB | 4.50 GiB | 1.98× | 18 / 18 / 0 |
| 131,072 | 4.53 GiB | 9.00 GiB | 1.99× | 18 / 18 / 0 |
18 of 36 layers cache only a 128-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 61.20 GiB. The real file is 58.53 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 2.25 GiB at 32K context where the real figure is 1.15 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 gpt-oss-120b-uncensored-bf16 need?
- Q4_K_M is exactly 62,841,713,632 bytes (58.53 GiB) in weights. Add the KV cache, which depends on your context length, plus roughly half a gigabyte of runtime overhead.
- How large is gpt-oss-120b-uncensored-bf16's KV cache?
- 1.15 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 gpt-oss-120b-uncensored-bf16 a mixture-of-experts model?
- Yes — 128 experts, 4 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 gpt-oss-120b-uncensored-bf16 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.