GeForce RTX 3070

Best local AI models for this GPU

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

How it compares

GeForce RTX 3070 vs GPUs at nearby launch prices. Estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.

Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)

RX 6700 XT~55 tok/s · 12 GBRTX 4060 Ti 16GB~42 tok/s · 16 GBRTX 3070~65 tok/s · 8 GBRTX 2070 SUPER~65 tok/s · 8 GBRTX 2070~65 tok/s · 8 GB

Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)

RX 6700 XT~15 models · $479RTX 4060 Ti 16GB~16 models · $499RTX 3070~10 models · $499RTX 2070 SUPER~10 models · $499RTX 2070~10 models · $499

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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