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Re:Gemma 3 QAT Models: Bringing AI to Consumer GPUs by simonw on Sunday April 20, 2025 @02:13PM (#43745420)
No idea. MLX is its own thing, optimized for Apple Silicon. Ollama uses GGUFs.

https://ollama.com/library/gemma3:27b-it-qat says it's Q4_0. https://huggingface.co/mlx-community/gemma-3-27b-it-qat-4bit says it's 4bit. I think those are the same quantization?

Re:Gemma 3 QAT Models: Bringing AI to Consumer GPUs by jychang on Monday April 21, 2025 @03:47AM (#43749341)
Those are the same quant, but this is a good example of why you shouldn't use ollama. Either directly use llama.cpp, or use something like LM Studio if you want something with a GUI/easier user experience.

The Gemma 3 17b QAT GGUF should be taking up ~15gb, not 22gb.