Ollama VRAM-tiered default num_ctx and v1 num_ctx dropping
Parent: Mac local LLMs: Ollama internals · Published reference · snapshot 2026-10-05
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CONTRADICTS claude-code-context-window-mismatch-against-local-servers.md on thresholds: docs.ollama.com/context-length lists under 24 GiB as 4k, 24-48 GiB as 32k and 48 GiB or more as 256k, while that dossier cites 23 GiB and 47 GiB from commit 0334ffa6.
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- CONTRADICTS claude-code-context-window-mismatch-against-local-servers.md on thresholds: docs.ollama.com/context-length lists under 24 GiB as 4k, 24-48 GiB as 32k and 48 GiB or more as 256k, while that dossier cites 23 GiB and 47 GiB from commit 0334ffa6. [source]
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