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Can the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Llama 3.2 3B?

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB × Llama 3.2 3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP168 GB of 16 GB
Weights 6.4 GBKV cache 0.9 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Memory8 GBof 16 GB usable
Speed~42tokens per second
  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 5060 Ti 16GB can run Llama 3.2 3B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 8 GB of the 16 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.

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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.

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

GPUs that run Llama 3.2 3B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Llama 3.2 3B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB can run Llama 3.2 3B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 8 GB of the 16 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 5060 Ti 16GB?

Roughly 42 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB's 448 GB/s memory bandwidth.