GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Best local AI models for this GPU

VRAM
6 GB
Bandwidth
336 GB/s
Vendor
NVIDIA
Compatible Models
5

How it compares

GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GPUs at nearby launch prices. Estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.

Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)

RTX 3070 Ti~88 tok/s · 8 GBRX 9070 XT~92 tok/s · 16 GBGTX 980 Ti~48 tok/s · 6 GBRX 6800 XT~74 tok/s · 16 GBRTX 2080~65 tok/s · 8 GB

Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)

RTX 3070 Ti~10 models · $599RX 9070 XT~16 models · $599GTX 980 Ti~5 models · $649RX 6800 XT~16 models · $649RTX 2080~10 models · $699
RTX 3070 Ti →Radeon RX 9070 XT →Radeon RX 6800 XT →RTX 2080 →

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Top Compatible Models

Top 5 models ranked by performance. Click any model to expand details or view full compatibility.

Memory Usage4.9 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:4b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage4.9 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gemma3:4b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage4.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.2:3b-q6_k
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Memory Usage1.7 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gemma3:1b-q6_k
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Memory Usage1.9 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.2:1b-q6_k
View full compatibility