What are the hardware requirements for Llama 3.2 3B GGUF?

Llama 3.2 3B GGUF requires approximately 2 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed Llama 3.2 3B GGUF and how large is it?

Llama 3.2 3B GGUF is developed by prithivMLmods, a model with 3b parameters. The model is published as open weights on Hugging Face and indexed on LLM Explorer with full benchmark history.

Where can I download or evaluate Llama 3.2 3B GGUF?

Llama 3.2 3B GGUF is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

Llama 3.2 3B GGUF by prithivMLmods — VRAM 2GB

Name: Llama 3.2 3B GGUF
Author: prithivMLmods

Llama 3.2 3B GGUF is an open-source language model by prithivMLmods. Features: 3b LLM, VRAM: 2GB, License: creativeml-openrail-m, Quantized, LLM Explorer Score: 0.15.

16-bit 4-bit 8-bit Base model:meta-llama/llama-3.... Base model:quantized:meta-llam... Dataset:yahma/alpaca-cleaned En Endpoints compatible F16 Gguf Llama Llama-cpp Llama3.2-3b Q4 Q5 Q8 Quantized Region:us

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/prithivMLmods/Llama-3.2-3B-GGUF

Llama 3.2 3B GGUF Parameters and Internals

LLM Name	Llama 3.2 3B GGUF
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/prithivMLmods/Llama-3.2-3B-GGUF
Base Model(s)	meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B
Model Size	3b
Required VRAM	2 GB
Updated	2026-07-23
Maintainer	prithivMLmods
Model Type	llama
Model Files	6.4 GB 2.0 GB 2.3 GB 3.4 GB
Supported Languages	en
GGUF Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	gguf
Model Architecture	AutoModel
License	creativeml-openrail-m

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