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Can I run Trinity-Large-TrueBase?

Trinity-Large-TrueBase needs about 278.9 GB of memory at Q4_K_M, so it does not fit any single consumer GPU we track. The cheapest Mac or mini PC that holds it is the Mac Studio M5 Ultra 512GB (512 GB, $22299). 1 of the 82 devices we track run it fully at Q4. These are estimates, not measured benchmarks.

398.6B parameters, by arcee-ai. License: other. Model card (params from HF API, retrieved 2026-11-04) · How much VRAM for 300B–480B models · Q4 vs Q8 vs FP16 · MoE: 13.0B active per token

Q4_K_M needs
278.9 GB 241.7 GB weights
Q8_0 needs
488.1 GB 423.5 GB weights
FP16 needs
917.9 GB 797.3 GB weights

1 of 82 tracked GPUs and Macs run it fully at Q4.

Memory by context length

Longer chats and documents need more memory for the KV cache. Only 15 of its 60 layers keep a cache that grows with context (45 use a 4096-token sliding window), so it stays lean at long contexts. Sizes assume an FP16 KV cache; a Q8 cache roughly halves the cache part.

Memory needed for Trinity-Large-TrueBase by context length
ContextKV cache (FP16)Total at Q4_K_MTotal at Q8_0
4k tokens1.0 GB278.9 GB488.1 GB
8k tokens1.3 GB279.2 GB488.3 GB
16k tokens1.8 GB279.7 GB488.8 GB
32k tokens2.8 GB280.7 GB489.8 GB
64k tokens4.8 GB282.7 GB491.9 GB
128k tokens8.8 GB286.7 GB495.9 GB

From the model's config.json (15 full-attention layers × 8 KV heads × 128 head size, retrieved 2026-11-04). Check the model card for its maximum supported context. Try other sizes in the VRAM calculator or compare models in our context length guide.

Which hardware runs it

Bar: Q4 memory needed vs. usable memory. The tick marks 90%, our comfort line.FitsTightWon’t fit
HardwareQ4 need vs. usableQ4 / Q8 / FP16Check price
GeForce RTX 3050 8GB8 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti8 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 30708 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 3080 10GB10 GB usable278.9 / 10.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 309024 GB usable278.9 / 24.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti24 GB usable278.9 / 24.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 40608 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 407012 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 4070 Super12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 4080 Super16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 409024 GB usable278.9 / 24.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 507012 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 508016 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 509032 GB usable278.9 / 32.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 7600 XT16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 7800 XT16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 7900 XT20 GB usable278.9 / 20.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 7900 XTX24 GB usable278.9 / 24.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Intel Arc B58012 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Intel Arc Pro B70 32GB32 GB usable278.9 / 32.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Mac mini M4 16GB12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Mac mini M6 16GB12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Mac mini M6 24GB18 GB usable278.9 / 18.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Mac mini M6 32GB24 GB usable278.9 / 24.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Mac mini M5 Pro 64GB48 GB usable278.9 / 48.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB96 GB usable278.9 / 96.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB96 GB usable278.9 / 96.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
MacBook Pro M6 32GB24 GB usable278.9 / 24.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB192 GB usable278.9 / 192.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 512GB384 GB usable278.9 / 384.0 GBQ4FitsQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) 128GB96 GB usable278.9 / 96.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA DGX Spark 64GB48 GB usable278.9 / 48.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB96 GB usable278.9 / 96.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 2060 6GB6 GB usable278.9 / 6.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 2060 12GB12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 2060 Super8 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 20708 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 2070 Super8 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 20808 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 2080 Super8 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti11 GB usable278.9 / 11.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA Titan RTX24 GB usable278.9 / 24.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti8 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 3080 12GB12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB8 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 408016 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 50608 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB8 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 6700 XT12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 6750 XT12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 680016 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 6950 XT16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 76008 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 7700 XT12 GB usable278.9 / 12.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 7900 GRE16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB8 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 907016 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Radeon RX 9070 XT16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Intel Arc A7508 GB usable278.9 / 8.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Intel Arc A770 16GB16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
Intel Arc B57010 GB usable278.9 / 10.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA RTX A400016 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA RTX A500024 GB usable278.9 / 24.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA RTX A600048 GB usable278.9 / 48.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada 16GB16 GB usable278.9 / 16.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada 20GB20 GB usable278.9 / 20.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB48 GB usable278.9 / 48.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell 96GB96 GB usable278.9 / 96.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA Tesla P40 24GB24 GB usable278.9 / 24.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
NVIDIA Tesla V100 32GB (PCIe)32 GB usable278.9 / 32.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
AMD Radeon Instinct MI50 32GB32 GB usable278.9 / 32.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay
AMD Radeon Instinct MI60 32GB32 GB usable278.9 / 32.0 GBQ4Won’t fitQ8Won’t fitFP16Won’t fitAmazoneBay

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Quick answers

How much VRAM does Trinity-Large-TrueBase need?
About 278.9 GB at Q4_K_M, 488.1 GB at Q8_0 and 917.9 GB at FP16. These are estimates: weights plus about 15% for the KV cache at a ~4k context, plus 1 GB for the runtime.
What is the cheapest GPU that runs Trinity-Large-TrueBase?
None of the single consumer GPUs we track can hold it at Q4. You need a large unified-memory machine, several GPUs, or CPU offload (slow).
Can a Mac or mini PC run Trinity-Large-TrueBase?
Yes. The cheapest Mac or unified-memory mini PC we track that runs it at Q4 is the Mac Studio M5 Ultra 512GB (512 GB, 384.0 GB usable for models, $22299).
How much VRAM does Trinity-Large-TrueBase need for 32k context?
About 280.7 GB at Q4_K_M with an FP16 KV cache (2.8 GB of that is the cache), or 286.7 GB at 128k. Estimated from the model's published config.
How many GPUs and Macs can run Trinity-Large-TrueBase?
1 of the 82 GPUs and Macs we track run it fully at Q4.

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