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How much VRAM do open LLMs really need? Real GGUF sizes for 35 models (October 2026)

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"Parameters × bits ÷ 8" is the rule everyone quotes for how much GPU memory a model needs. It gets you in the right neighbourhood and then lets you down exactly where it matters: on the card that is 2 GB too small, or on the 32k-token chat that suddenly no longer fits. So I stopped estimating and p…

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    How much VRAM do open LLMs really need? Real GGUF sizes for 35 models (October 2026)

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