gemma-4-12B-coder-fable5-composer2.5-v1-sft-v5-abliterated
tpls/gemma-4-12B-coder-fable5-composer2.5-v1-sft-v5-abliteratedgemma-4-12B-coder-fable5-composer2.5-v1-sft-v5-abliterated at Q4_K_M is exactly 8,568,877,696 bytes (7.98 GiB / 8.57 GB) — an effective 5.732 bits per weight, not the nominal 4. Its KV cache at 32K is 2.47 GiB, not the 12.00 GiB a flat formula predicts.
Shipped quantizations
KV cache by context
| Context | KV cache (f16)● | Flat formula | Overstated by | Full / windowed / recurrent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,096 | 0.72 GiB | 1.50 GiB | 2.09× | 8 / 40 / 0 |
| 8,192 | 0.97 GiB | 3.00 GiB | 3.10× | 8 / 40 / 0 |
| 16,384 | 1.47 GiB | 6.00 GiB | 4.09× | 8 / 40 / 0 |
| 32,768 | 2.47 GiB | 12.00 GiB | 4.86× | 8 / 40 / 0 |
| 65,536 | 4.47 GiB | 24.00 GiB | 5.37× | 8 / 40 / 0 |
| 131,072 | 8.47 GiB | 48.00 GiB | 5.67× | 8 / 40 / 0 |
40 of 48 layers cache only a 1,024-token window rather than the full context, on a period of . Figures assume the default configuration; --swa-full disables the saving entirely.
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Why other calculators give a different number
A parameters × bits ÷ 8 estimate puts Q4_K_M at roughly 6.27 GiB. The real file is 7.98 GiB, because a quantization is a mixture and some tensors are always kept at higher precision. The larger discrepancy is the cache: a flat formula gives 12.00 GiB at 32K context where the real figure is 2.47 GiB, because most of this model's layers cache a fixed window rather than the whole context.
Architecture
Questions people ask
- How much VRAM does gemma-4-12B-coder-fable5-composer2.5-v1-sft-v5-abliterated need?
- Q4_K_M is exactly 8,568,877,696 bytes (7.98 GiB) in weights. Add the KV cache, which depends on your context length, plus roughly half a gigabyte of runtime overhead.
- How large is gemma-4-12B-coder-fable5-composer2.5-v1-sft-v5-abliterated's KV cache?
- 2.47 GiB at 32K context with an f16 cache, computed per layer. Quantizing the cache to q8_0 roughly halves it, which is often the difference between a context length fitting and not.
- Which quantization of gemma-4-12B-coder-fable5-composer2.5-v1-sft-v5-abliterated should I use?
- Q4_K_M is the usual default. Pick the largest quantization that fits your card at the context you actually need — the table above gives exact sizes for every one published.