How-toUpdated 2026-06-30 · 10 min read · by RTXsparks Lab

Structured output for Llama 3.2 11B Vision on RTX Spark

Structured output recipe for Llama 3.2 11B Vision on RTX Spark: prerequisites, script, and evaluation.

Prerequisites

Ubuntu 24.04, driver 585+, CUDA 12.6+, PyTorch 2.6, and the Llama 3.2 11B Vision weights at Q5_K_M.

Recipe

Config file, run script, and expected timing for structured output on Llama 3.2 11B Vision.

Evaluation

Run the standard eval harness pre/post to quantify quality change. Report perplexity, MMLU delta, and task-specific F1.

Deploy the tuned model

Merge adapters, re-quantize, and serve via vLLM. Verify tokenizer parity and JSON-mode.

Frequently asked questions

Does Structured output fit on Spark 128GB?

Comfortably.

Is it worth it vs base?

For narrow domains: yes; for general chat: usually not.

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