GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Best local AI models for this GPU

VRAM
8 GB
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
Vendor
NVIDIA
Compatible Models
10

How it compares

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs GPUs at nearby launch prices. Estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.

Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)

RTX 4060 Ti 8GB~42 tok/s · 8 GBRX Vega 56~59 tok/s · 8 GBRTX 3060 Ti~65 tok/s · 8 GBRTX 2060 SUPER~65 tok/s · 8 GBRX 5700 XT~65 tok/s · 8 GB

Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)

RTX 4060 Ti 8GB~10 models · $399RX Vega 56~10 models · $399RTX 3060 Ti~10 models · $399RTX 2060 SUPER~10 models · $399RX 5700 XT~10 models · $399

Top Compatible Models

Top 10 models ranked by performance. Click any model to expand details or view full compatibility.

Memory Usage6.7 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:8b
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Memory Usage6.7 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:8b
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Memory Usage6.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.1:8b
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Memory Usage6.5 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:7b
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Memory Usage6.5 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:7b
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Memory Usage5.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:4b-q6_k
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Memory Usage5.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gemma3:4b-q6_k
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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
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