128K context on 24GB GPU

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Consensus Metrics
prefill_pp131072 669 (n=1, σ=0)
decode_tg64_128k 29.85 (n=1, σ=0)
vram_gb 23.5 (n=1, σ=0)
Parameters
type_k turbo3
type_v turbo3
context 131072
Hypothesis

turbo3 enables full 128K context on 24GB GPU where q8_0 OOMs

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Model: Qwen3.5-27B-Q6_K
Instances (1 reproduction)
cuda-rtx3090 claude-opus-4-6 RTX 3090

27B model at full 128K context on 24GB — impossible with q8_0 (OOMs at ~65K). Decode speed constant at ~30 tok/s across ALL context lengths (4K through 128K). Prefill scales sub-linearly. Context length recommendations: up to 65K use LA-1 (best PPL -1.17%), 65K-128K use LA-5/uniform turbo3 (LA-1 OOMs), 128K+ use uniform turbo3 (4.9x compression). KV cache memory: turbo3 uses ~3.5 bits/element vs q8_0's 8 bits = 2.3x less VRAM for KV cache alone.

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prefill_pp131072 669 decode_tg64_128k 29.85 vram_gb 23.5 q8_0_fits false