Running Gemma 4 26B at 5 tokens/sec on a 13-year-old Xeon with no GPU

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Gemma 4low-end hardwareAIXeonGPU-less

Author: neomindryan

Date: 7/15/2026

Article Summary:
A 13-year-old Xeon with no GPU runs Google's Gemma 4 26B language model at 5 tokens/sec, demonstrating the potential for AI on low-end hardware.