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GPU × local model compatibility

Can RTX 4070 12GB run OpenAI gpt-oss-20b?

No — it exceeds available memory.

This pairing answers a common edge case: official MXFP4 weights plus runtime and cache overhead can exceed a 12GB card.

14.28GBVRAM required
12.00GBAvailable memory
2.28GBVRAM shortfall
MXFP4Recommended quantization
8KContext

Calculated estimate, not a measured benchmark.

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