What LLMs can I run on 24 GB of VRAM?

On a 24 GB GPU, 12 catalog models run fully on the GPU at an 8,192-token context. The most capable is Qwen3.6-35B-A3B at Q4_K_M (needs ~23.9 GiB). Pick a smaller model or a lower quant for more headroom.

Figures assume a 24 GB GPU paired with 32 GB of system RAM (a typical desktop), judged at an 8,192-token context. Speed depends on the specific card — this page ranks by fit, not speed.

The biggest model you can run

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B at Q4_K_M · 36B params · needs ~23.9 GiB

One command to run it (llama.cpp):

llama-server -m Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_M.gguf -c 8192 -ngl 999

Models that run, largest first

Model Sweet-spot quant Fits in
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B Qwen Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~23.9 GiB
Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct Qwen Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~19.6 GiB
Qwen2.5-VL-32B-Instruct Qwen Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~22.9 GiB
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B deepseek-ai Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~22.9 GiB
Qwen3-32B Qwen Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~22.8 GiB
gemma-4-31B-it google Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~19.3 GiB
GLM-4.7-Flash zai-org Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~22.2 GiB
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct Qwen Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~20.3 GiB
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 Qwen Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~20.3 GiB
Qwen3.6-27B Qwen Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~19.8 GiB
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it google Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~19.8 GiB
Devstral-Small-2-24B-Instruct-2512 mistralai Q4_K_M Runs fully on GPU ~16.5 GiB

Derived live from the fit engine + catalog at an 8,192-token context. "Fits in" is the modelled VRAM the sweet-spot quant needs (weights + KV cache + overhead). Speed depends on your specific card — check a GPU page or the calculator.

Check it against your exact setup

Open the fit calculator

selected to compare · pick at least 2