Zhipu on NVIDIA Ampere
Can I run GLM-4 9B on an RTX 3080 10GB?
Yes. GLM-4 9B at Q4_K_M uses 6.5 GB of the 8.6 GB available on a RTX 3080 10GB, and runs at about 83.9 tokens per second. You can push the context to 61K.
Runs comfortably
6.5 GB of 8.6 GB · 76%09 GB
Weights
5.4 GB
KV cache
0.3 GB
Runtime overhead
0.8 GB
GLM-4 9B at Q4_K_M leaves 2.1 GB spare on a RTX 3080 10GB. There is room to raise the context length or move up a quantisation level.
Generation83.9tok/s
Prompt processing1340tok/s
Max context61Ktokens
KV per 1K tokens0GB
Every quantisation of GLM-4 9B on a RTX 3080 10GB
Highlighted row is the highest quality that still fits at 8K context.
| Quantisation | bpw | Weights | Total | Verdict | Max ctx | tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 / BF16 | 16.00 | 17.5 GB | 18.6 GB | Won't fit | — | 3.70 |
| INT8 / W8A8 | 8.50 | 9.0 GB | 10.2 GB | Won't fit | — | 17.7 |
| Q8_0 (GGUF) | 8.50 | 9.0 GB | 10.2 GB | Won't fit | — | 17.7 |
| FP8 (E4M3) | 8.00 | 8.8 GB | 9.9 GB | Won't fit | — | 20.2 |
| Q6_K | 6.56 | 7.2 GB | 8.3 GB | Fits, but tight | 15K | 63.9 |
| AWQ 4-bit | 4.25 | 6.3 GB | 7.5 GB | Runs comfortably | 37K | 71.9 |
| GPTQ 4-bit | 4.25 | 6.3 GB | 7.5 GB | Runs comfortably | 37K | 71.9 |
| MXFP4 | 4.25 | 6.3 GB | 7.5 GB | Runs comfortably | 37K | 71.9 |
| Q5_K_M | 5.67 | 6.2 GB | 7.3 GB | Runs comfortably | 40K | 73.5 |
| Q5_K_S | 5.52 | 6.0 GB | 7.2 GB | Runs comfortably | 45K | 75.4 |
| Q4_K_M | 4.85 | 5.4 GB | 6.5 GB | Runs comfortably | 61K | 83.9 |
| Q4_K_S | 4.58 | 5.1 GB | 6.3 GB | Runs comfortably | 67K | 87.8 |
| Q4_0 | 4.55 | 5.1 GB | 6.2 GB | Runs comfortably | 68K | 88.3 |
| IQ4_XS | 4.25 | 4.8 GB | 6.0 GB | Runs comfortably | 75K | 93.2 |
| Q3_K_M | 3.91 | 4.5 GB | 5.6 GB | Runs comfortably | 84K | 99.5 |
| IQ3_M | 3.70 | 4.3 GB | 5.4 GB | Runs comfortably | 89K | 104 |
| IQ3_XXS | 3.06 | 3.7 GB | 4.8 GB | Runs comfortably | 104K | 120 |
| Q2_K | 2.63 | 3.3 GB | 4.4 GB | Runs comfortably | 115K | 134 |
| IQ2_XXS | 2.06 | 2.8 GB | 3.9 GB | Runs comfortably | 128K | 157 |
| IQ1_M | 1.75 | 2.5 GB | 3.6 GB | Runs comfortably | 128K | 174 |