Running 2.78T Parameter Kimi K3 on a Single CPU with 8GB RAM
Saboo_Shubham_ · x · 2026-08-03
A developer has successfully run Kimi K3, an open-source large language model with 2.78 trillion parameters, on a single CPU paired with just 8.24 GB of RAM. This extreme deployment demonstrates the feasibility of executing ultra-large models under minimal hardware constraints.
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