What hardware runs Gemma 4?

The cheapest cataloged machine that runs Gemma 4 on the GPU is a AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT · 12GB VRAM. Here are the most affordable rigs that fit it, smallest memory first.

machinebest fitverdictspeed
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT · 12GB VRAM 12B Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 14–25 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT · 12GB VRAM 12B Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 16–25 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 · 12GB VRAM 12B Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 14–25 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 · 12GB VRAM 12B Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 19–30 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT · 16GB VRAM 12B Q6_K ✅ Runs (tight) 15–25 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT · 16GB VRAM 12B Q6_K ✅ Runs (tight) 17–30 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT · 16GB VRAM 12B Q6_K ✅ Runs (tight) 18–30 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 · 16GB VRAM 12B Q6_K ✅ Runs (tight) 20–35 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 · 16GB VRAM 12B Q6_K ✅ Runs (tight) 30–50 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT · 20GB VRAM 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs (tight) 19–30 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX · 24GB VRAM 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 25–40 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 · 24GB VRAM 12B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 25–40 tok/s

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$npx runlocal-sh can-i-run gemma4 --hardware <your-rig>

Verdicts use the same GQA-aware fit math as the CLI — a AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT verdict here matches what runlocal tells you on the machine.