Fallback to CPU with OOM even though GPU *should* have more than enough
Author: kasperskeCreated Oct 20, 2023Updated May 24, 2026
Labelsbackendvulkan
System Info
version: 1.0.12 platform: windows python: 3.11.4 graphics card: nvidia rtx 4090 24gb
Information
- The official example notebooks/scripts
- My own modified scripts
Reproduction
run the following code
from gpt4all import GPT4All
model = GPT4All("wizardlm-13b-v1.1-superhot-8k.ggmlv3.q4_0", device='gpu') # device='amd', device='intel'
output = model.generate("Write a Tetris game in python scripts", max_tokens=4096); print(output)
Expected behavior
Found model file at C:\\\\Users\\\\earne\\\\.cache\\\\gpt4all\\wizardlm-13b-v1.1-superhot-8k.ggmlv3.q4_0.bin
llama.cpp: loading model from C:\\\\Users\\\\earne\\\\.cache\\\\gpt4all\\wizardlm-13b-v1.1-superhot-8k.ggmlv3.q4_0.bin
llama_model_load_internal: format = ggjt v3 (latest)
llama_model_load_internal: n_vocab = 32001
llama_model_load_internal: n_ctx = 2048
llama_model_load_internal: n_embd = 5120
llama_model_load_internal: n_mult = 256
llama_model_load_internal: n_head = 40
llama_model_load_internal: n_head_kv = 40
llama_model_load_internal: n_layer = 40
llama_model_load_internal: n_rot = 128
llama_model_load_internal: n_gqa = 1
llama_model_load_internal: rnorm_eps = 5.0e-06
llama_model_load_internal: n_ff = 13824
llama_model_load_internal: freq_base = 10000.0
llama_model_load_internal: freq_scale = 1
llama_model_load_internal: ftype = 2 (mostly Q4_0)
llama_model_load_internal: model size = 13B
llama_model_load_internal: ggml ctx size = 6983.73 MB
Error allocating memory ErrorOutOfDeviceMemory
error loading model: Error allocating vulkan memory.
llama_load_model_from_file: failed to load model
LLAMA ERROR: failed to load model from C:\\\\Users\\\\earne\\\\.cache\\\\gpt4all\\wizardlm-13b-v1.1-superhot-8k.ggmlv3.q4_0.bin
LLaMA ERROR: prompt won't work with an unloaded model!
Source: nomic-ai/gpt4all