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Can the NVIDIA RTX 3070 run Llama 3.2 3B?

RTX 3070 × Llama 3.2 3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP168 GB of 8 GB
Weights 6.4 GBKV cache 0.9 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Speed~42tokens per second
Max context7Ktokens that fit at FP16
  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 3070 can run Llama 3.2 3B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 8 GB of the 8 GB available, at roughly 42 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Llama 3.2 3B:

ollama run llama3.2:3b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 3.5 GB here). You have room for FP16, which is full quality: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

New to this? Step-by-step setup for the RTX 3070

Run it in the cloud

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 8 GB the NVIDIA RTX 3070 can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality8 GBFits~42 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless5 GBFits~79 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent4.2 GBFits~102 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good3.8 GBFits~118 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular3.5 GBFits~138 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded3.1 GBFits~171 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded2.7 GBFits~223 tok/s

Measured speed from real RTX 3070 owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own NVIDIA RTX 3070, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Llama 3.2 3B on the NVIDIA RTX 3070 yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an RTX 3070? Add your real speed

One command times Llama 3.2 3B 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 -- llama3.2:3b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="llama3.2:3b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Llama 3.2 3B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 3070

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 3070 run Llama 3.2 3B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 3070 can run Llama 3.2 3B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 8 GB of the 8 GB available, at roughly 42 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Llama 3.2 3B need?

About 3.5 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 8 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Llama 3.2 3B on the NVIDIA RTX 3070?

Roughly 42 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 3070's 448 GB/s memory bandwidth.