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Gemma 4 QAT on 16GB Laptop: Local Multimodal AI

Local multimodal AI is now possible on 16GB laptops with Gemma 4 QAT. This guide shows how to install Ollama, pull the quantized model, and run a private local inference server.

What you need

  • 16GB laptop or Apple Silicon notebook
  • Ollama installed
  • Enough disk space for the model

Install Ollama 

brew install ollama
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Pull the quantized model 

ollama pull gemma-4:12b --quantization qat
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Start the model 

ollama serve
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Use it

  • Run private local multimodal prompts
  • Keep your data on your own machine
  • Experiment with QAT model compression

Originally published on everylocalai.com/stack/gemma-4-qat-16gb-laptop

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