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I've only recently started looking into running these models locally on my system. I have limited knowledge regarding LLMs and even more limited when it comes to building my own PC.

Are there any good sources that I can read up on estimiating what would be hardware specs required for 7B, 13B, 32B .. etc size If I need to run them locally?

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VRAM Required = Number of Parameters (in billions) × Number of Bytes per Parameter × Overhead[0].

[0]: https://twm.me/posts/calculate-vram-requirements-local-llms/

Don’t forget to add a lot of extra space if you want a usable context size.

Wouldn't that be your overhead var

Thats neat! thanks

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