What hardware runs TinyLlama?

The cheapest cataloged machine that runs TinyLlama on the GPU is a AMD Radeon RX 7600 · 8GB VRAM. Here are the most affordable rigs that fit it, smallest memory first.

machinebest fitverdictspeed
AMD Radeon RX 7600 · 8GB VRAM 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs comfortably 50–85 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 · 8GB VRAM 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs comfortably 80–140 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 · 8GB VRAM 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs comfortably 50–85 tok/s
Apple M1 · 8GB 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs (tight) 17–30 tok/s
Apple M2 · 8GB 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs (tight) 25–40 tok/s
Apple M3 · 8GB 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs (tight) 25–40 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 · 10GB VRAM 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs comfortably 140–230 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT · 12GB VRAM 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs comfortably 65–110 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT · 12GB VRAM 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs comfortably 75–120 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 · 12GB VRAM 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs comfortably 65–110 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 · 12GB VRAM 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs comfortably 90–150 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT · 16GB VRAM 1.1B FP16 ✅ Runs comfortably 90–150 tok/s

Already have a machine? See TinyLlama across popular rigs → or check your exact rig →

Planning a whole workflow? Rigs for a coding agent · local chat · reasoning · local RAG setup.

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

Verdicts use the same GQA-aware fit math as the CLI — a AMD Radeon RX 7600 verdict here matches what runlocal tells you on the machine.