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Can the NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB run Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B?

RTX 3060 12GB × Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B8K context
NoDoes not fit in memory
Memory at Q4_K_M1484.3 GB of 12 GB
Weights 1482.9 GBKV cache 0.8 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

No. Even at Q4_K_M, Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B needs about 1484.3 GB, but the NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB has 12 GB usable. You could offload some layers to system RAM, but it will be very slow.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 12 GB the NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality4893.4 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless2600.2 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent2007.1 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good1741.1 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular1484.3 GBToo big—
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded1196.9 GBToo big—
Q2_KHeavily degraded918.6 GBToo big—

Measured speed from real RTX 3060 12GB owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B on the NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an RTX 3060 12GB? Add your real speed

One command times Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB run Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B?

No. Even at Q4_K_M, Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B needs about 1484.3 GB, but the NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB has 12 GB usable. You could offload some layers to system RAM, but it will be very slow.

How much VRAM does Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B need?

About 1484.3 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 4893.4 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B on the NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB?

It does not fit in the NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB's memory, so most layers would run from system RAM and generation would be very slow.