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Gemma 4 12B Runs on Single 3090 with 256k Context and Multimodal Support

June 4, 2026

Gemma 4 12B runs at ~15 tokens/sec on a single RTX 3090 with Q4 quantization, with a 256k context window reported to remain coherent across full repo loads. The model includes native function calling, multimodal image input, and audio input, with the E4B variant running on 16GB laptop RAM.

HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU

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builderYou can swap Gemma 4 12B into local coding pipelines today via GGUF with native function calling, 256k context, and image input on a single consumer GPU.

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founderA capable multimodal 12B model running on consumer hardware shifts the cost floor for local AI features — worth reassessing cloud API dependency for dev-tool products.

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