[nok22kon]

you can probably run Gemma4 26B on your card also at 4 bit. World of a difference compared with 12B.

[zingar]

Where does “big model highly quantized” start getting worse than “smaller model less quantized”? Is there a general formula or is it just trial and error?

[nok22kon]

paper is a bit old, but matches current empirical recommandation: a good starting point is the biggest model you can fit at 4 bit

https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.09720