What hardware runs Gemma 2?

The cheapest cataloged machine that runs Gemma 2 on the GPU is a AMD Radeon RX 7600 · 8GB VRAM. Here are the most affordable rigs that fit it, smallest memory first.

machine	best fit	verdict	speed
AMD Radeon RX 7600 · 8GB VRAM	2B Q8_0	✅ Runs comfortably	35–55 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 · 8GB VRAM	2B Q8_0	✅ Runs comfortably	55–90 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 · 8GB VRAM	2B Q8_0	✅ Runs comfortably	30–55 tok/s
Apple M1 · 8GB	2B Q4_K_M	✅ Runs (tight)	16–25 tok/s
Apple M2 · 8GB	2B Q4_K_M	✅ Runs (tight)	25–40 tok/s
Apple M3 · 8GB	2B Q4_K_M	✅ Runs (tight)	25–40 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 · 10GB VRAM	9B Q4_K_M	✅ Runs (tight)	35–60 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT · 12GB VRAM	9B Q6_K	✅ Runs (tight)	14–25 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT · 12GB VRAM	9B Q6_K	✅ Runs (tight)	16–25 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 · 12GB VRAM	9B Q6_K	✅ Runs (tight)	14–25 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 · 12GB VRAM	9B Q6_K	✅ Runs (tight)	20–35 tok/s
Apple M1 · 16GB	2B Q8_0	✅ Runs comfortably	12–19 tok/s

Minimum rig by size

The smallest cataloged machine that runs each size on the GPU (default 8K context). Bigger sizes need more memory — a rig that runs the small one may not touch the large.

size	minimum rig	verdict	speed
27B	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT · 20GB VRAM	✅ Runs (tight)	~19–30 tok/s (fast)
9B	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 · 10GB VRAM	✅ Runs (tight)	~35–60 tok/s (fast)
2B	AMD Radeon RX 7600 · 8GB VRAM	✅ Runs comfortably	~35–55 tok/s (fast)

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$npx runlocal-sh can-i-run gemma2 --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.