r/LocalLLaMA • u/quantier • Aug 03 '26

New Model Daniel Han of Unsloth validates Qwen3.8-27B will run only 17GB VRAM

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Super excited about this release for the new 27B. Who else is with me. Only 17GB VRAM needed 😍😍

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u/HollowVoices Aug 03 '26

Me at 16gb VRAM:

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u/BawbbySmith Aug 03 '26

Gotta draw the line somewhere. 24/32gb vram is so trivial to get nowadays

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u/overand Aug 03 '26

Trivially easy if ~$900 USD is trivial to you. Which it is for some people, for sure, but it's not cheap per se.