I played with gemma-3-4b-it-qat recently using a mid-tier graphics card and a few things stood out to me:
1. It was very fast, between 35 and 70 tokens per second, with initial response in under 200ms. That kind of speed is a feature.
2. It was very useful. I had a brainstorming session with it that was both fluid and fruitful
3. I can't wrap my head around so much knowledge being contained in about 3GB of data. It seems to know something about everything. Imperfect, but very useful.
It's a game changer to run local (no usage caps for a weekend blitz project)