# Kimi K3 2.78 Trillion just CPU !?

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**Created:** [August 31, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](http://lore.gharib.us/t/kimi-k3-2-78-trillion-just-cpu/15 "2026-08-31T19:30:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![alireza](http://lore.gharib.us/user_avatar/lore.gharib.us/alireza/32/7_2.png) [@alireza](http://lore.gharib.us/u/alireza)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](http://lore.gharib.us/t/kimi-k3-2-78-trillion-just-cpu/15/1 "2026-08-31T19:30:21Z")

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Kimi K3’s 2.78 trillion model was run on a single CPU using pure C.

No GPU, no PyTorch, no BLAS.

Only about 8GB of RAM.

> **[GitHub - FareedKhan-dev/kimi-k3-in-c: A 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 running...](https://github.com/FareedKhan-dev/kimi-k3-in-c)**
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> A 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 running inference on a single CPU in 8.24 GB of RAM. Portable C99: no BLAS, no framework, no GPU.