RunsLocalGPU checkerLocal AI toolsv1.8 · data Oct 14, 2026

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What GPU do I need to run gpt-oss-120b?

gpt-oss-120b has 117B parameters (5.1B active per token, mixture-of-experts). At Q4_K_M with 8K context it needs about 72.0 GB of memory. The smallest graphics card that runs it fully on the GPU is about 96 GB, such as the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell.

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Memory by quantization (8K context)

QuantBits per weightMemory needed
Q8_08.5125.4 GB
Q6_K6.5697.0 GB
Q5_K_M5.6984.3 GB
Q4_K_M4.8572.0 GB
Q3_K_M3.9158.3 GB
IQ2_M2.740.6 GB

Hardware that runs it fully in fast memory

HardwareMemoryBest quantEst. speed
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell96 GBQ5_K_M150+ tok/s
M4 Max 128GB128 GBQ5_K_M90 tok/s
DGX Spark 128GB128 GBQ5_K_M45 tok/s
Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB128 GBQ5_K_M42 tok/s
M3 Ultra 256GB256 GBQ8_091 tok/s
M3 Ultra 512GB512 GBQ8_091 tok/s

Assumes 32 GB of DDR5 system RAM for offload. Estimates only; real speeds usually land within about 20%.