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Can the NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti run Granite 3.3 8B?

RTX 3060 Ti × Granite 3.3 8B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q5_K_M7.8 GB of 8 GB
Weights 5.8 GBKV cache 1.3 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ5_K_MVery good
Speed~46tokens per second
Max context8Ktokens that fit at Q5_K_M
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti can run Granite 3.3 8B fully in VRAM at Q5_K_M (very good), using about 7.8 GB of the 8 GB available, at roughly 46 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Granite 3.3 8B:

ollama run granite3.3:8b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 6.9 GB here). You have room for Q5_K_M, which is very good: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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Memory needed by quantization

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

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality18.3 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless10.6 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent8.6 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good7.8 GBFits~46 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular6.9 GBFits~54 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded5.9 GBFits~67 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded5 GBFits~88 tok/s

Measured speed from real RTX 3060 Ti owners

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

No one has measured Granite 3.3 8B on the NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an RTX 3060 Ti? Add your real speed

One command times Granite 3.3 8B 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 -s -- granite3.3:8b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="granite3.3:8b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Granite 3.3 8B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti run Granite 3.3 8B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti can run Granite 3.3 8B fully in VRAM at Q5_K_M (very good), using about 7.8 GB of the 8 GB available, at roughly 46 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Granite 3.3 8B need?

About 6.9 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 18.3 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Granite 3.3 8B on the NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti?

Roughly 46 tokens per second at Q5_K_M, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti's 448 GB/s memory bandwidth.