What LLMs can I run on 32 GB of VRAM?

On a 32 GB GPU, 12 catalog models run fully on the GPU at an 8,192-token context. The most capable is Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct at IQ4_XS (needs ~29.6 GiB). Pick a smaller model or a lower quant for more headroom.

Figures assume a 32 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

Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct at IQ4_XS · 49.1B params · needs ~29.6 GiB

One command to run it (llama.cpp):

llama-server -m moonshotai_Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct-IQ4_XS.gguf -c 8192 -ngl 999

Models that run, largest first

Model Sweet-spot quant Fits in
Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct moonshotai IQ4_XS Runs fully on GPU ~29.6 GiB
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 Q6_K Runs fully on GPU ~28.8 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 Q8_0 Runs fully on GPU ~31.9 GiB
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it google Q8_0 Runs fully on GPU ~30 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.

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