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Can I run Gemma 3n E2B (on-device) locally?

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Ollama weight files: Q8_0 6.9 GB (gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0).

Yes on 62 machines in this list. The smallest is M1 8GB: Q4_K_M, about 5.3 GB, roughly 12 tokens per second, via LM Studio. lms get mlx-community/gemma-3n-E2B-it-4bit

Setup on DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)

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Hardware that fits

HardwareRuntimeQuantMemoryFitSpeedCommand
M1 8GBLM StudioMLX 4bit5.3 GBfits in fast memory~12 tok/slms get mlx-community/gemma-3n-E2B-it-4bit
M2 8GBLM StudioMLX 4bit5.3 GBfits in fast memory~18 tok/slms get mlx-community/gemma-3n-E2B-it-4bit
M3 8GBLM StudioMLX 4bit5.3 GBfits in fast memory~18 tok/slms get mlx-community/gemma-3n-E2B-it-4bit
RTX 3060 Ti 8GBLM StudioQ8_0 GGUF5.7 GBfits in fast memory~56 tok/slms get unsloth/gemma-3n-E2B-it-GGUF@Q8_0
RTX 3070 8GBLM StudioQ8_0 GGUF5.7 GBfits in fast memory~56 tok/slms get unsloth/gemma-3n-E2B-it-GGUF@Q8_0
RTX 4060 8GBLM StudioQ8_0 GGUF5.7 GBfits in fast memory~34 tok/slms get unsloth/gemma-3n-E2B-it-GGUF@Q8_0
RX 7600 8GBLM StudioQ8_0 GGUF5.7 GBfits in fast memory~36 tok/slms get unsloth/gemma-3n-E2B-it-GGUF@Q8_0
RTX 3080 10GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~66 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M1 16GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~8 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M2 16GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~12 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M3 16GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~12 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M4 16GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~14 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RTX 3060 12GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~31 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RTX 4070 12GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~44 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RTX 5070 12GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~58 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RTX 4060 Ti 16GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~25 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~58 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RTX 4080 16GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~62 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RTX 5080 16GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~83 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RX 7800 XT 16GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~54 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RX 9070 XT 16GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~56 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M2 24GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~12 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M3 24GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~12 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M4 24GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~14 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RTX 3090 24GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~81 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RTX 4090 24GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~88 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RX 7900 XTX 24GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~83 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M1 Pro 32GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~23 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M2 Pro 32GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~23 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M4 32GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~14 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M3 Pro 36GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~17 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~48 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~53 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
RTX 5090 32GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~156 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M4 Pro 48GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~32 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 48GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~63 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~71 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M1 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~46 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M2 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~46 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M3 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~46 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M4 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~63 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~63 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~71 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
DGX Spark 64GB (ASUS, Dell, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)OllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~30 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~95 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 96GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~139 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M3 Max 128GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~46 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M4 Max 128GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~63 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 128GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~63 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~71 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)OllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~30 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
M2 Ultra 192GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~93 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
2x Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF5.7 GBfits in fast memory~87 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/gemma-3n-E2B-it-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~95 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (64c GPU) 256GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~139 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~139 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
2x DGX Spark 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF5.7 GBfits in fast memory~36 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/gemma-3n-E2B-it-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
4x Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF5.7 GBfits in fast memory~77 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/gemma-3n-E2B-it-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
2x Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF5.7 GBfits in fast memory~170 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/gemma-3n-E2B-it-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GBOllamaQ8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~95 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
4x DGX Spark 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF5.7 GBfits in fast memory~32 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/gemma-3n-E2B-it-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
4x Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF5.7 GBfits in fast memory~150 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/gemma-3n-E2B-it-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-16.

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