Will it run? / Gemma 2 27B / Minisforum UM790 Pro (Ryzen 9 7940HS, 32GB)

Can the Minisforum UM790 Pro (Ryzen 9 7940HS, 32GB) run Gemma 2 27B?

Too slow to enjoy Yes, at about 3.4 tokens/sec (estimated). It technically runs, but slowly enough to be frustrating.

3.4estimated tokens/sec
17.5 GBmemory needed
27.2 GBavailable to the model
89.6 GB/smemory bandwidth
ollama run gemma2:27b

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the whole model from memory once: 16 GB. The Minisforum UM790 Pro (Ryzen 9 7940HS, 32GB) moves 89.6 GB/s, so the ceiling is 5.6 tokens/sec. Real machines reach a fraction of that ceiling; we use 60%, an assumption until we get measured runs for this kind of machine. Send us your real numbers and we'll replace the estimate.

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