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2026-07-07
discuss.huggingface.co
large-language-models
Llama 3.1 8b Instruct - Memory Usage More than Reported
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct requires 32 GB of memory at 128K context due to a 16 GB KV cache, not just the 15 GB of weights, contradicting earlier reports that it fits in 24 GB. Users can reduce memory by qβ¦