Can the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Gemma 2 9B?
- FP16
- Q8_0
- Q6_K
- Q5_K_M
- Q4_K_M
- Q3_K_M
- Q2_K
Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB can run Gemma 2 9B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 13.2 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 27 tokens/second.
Run it with Ollama
With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Gemma 2 9B:
ollama run gemma2:9bOllama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 9 GB here). You have room for Q8_0, which is near-lossless: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.
New to this? Step-by-step setup for the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
Run it in the cloud
No NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB? Run Gemma 2 9B in the cloud.
Rent a cloud GPU by the hour. No upfront cost, stop any time.
Memory needed by quantization
At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 16 GB the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB can use.
| Quant | Quality | Memory | Fits? | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 | Full quality | 21.9 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q8_0 | Near-lossless | 13.2 GB | Fits | ~27 tok/s | |
| Q6_K | Excellent | 11 GB | Fits | ~35 tok/s | |
| Q5_K_M | Very good | 10 GB | Fits | ~41 tok/s | |
| Q4_K_M | Good, most popular | 9 GB | Fits | ~48 tok/s | |
| Q3_K_M | Noticeably degraded | 7.9 GB | Fits | ~60 tok/s | |
| Q2_K | Heavily degraded | 6.9 GB | Fits | ~78 tok/s |
GPUs that run Gemma 2 9B comfortably
Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
Frequently asked questions
Can NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Gemma 2 9B?
Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB can run Gemma 2 9B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 13.2 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 27 tokens/second.
How much VRAM does Gemma 2 9B need?
About 9 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 21.9 GB at full FP16 precision.
How fast is Gemma 2 9B on the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
Roughly 27 tokens per second at Q8_0, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB's 448 GB/s memory bandwidth.