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

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct 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 Instruct GGUF and how large is it?

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct 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 Instruct GGUF?

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct 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 Instruct GGUF by prithivMLmods — VRAM 2GB

Name: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct GGUF
Author: prithivMLmods

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

3b Base model:meta-llama/llama-3.... Base model:quantized:meta-llam... Conversational Dataset:yahma/alpaca-cleaned En Endpoints compatible Gguf Instruct Llama Llama-cpp Meta Quantized Region:us

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

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct GGUF Parameters and Internals

LLM Name	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct GGUF
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/prithivMLmods/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-GGUF
Base Model(s)	meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct
Model Size	3b
Required VRAM	2 GB
Updated	2026-08-08
Maintainer	prithivMLmods
Model Type	llama
Instruction-Based	Yes
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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