GeForce RTX 3080 10GB

Best local AI models for this GPU

VRAM
10 GB
Bandwidth
760 GB/s
Vendor
NVIDIA
Compatible Models
11

How it compares

GeForce RTX 3080 10GB vs GPUs at nearby launch prices. Estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.

Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)

GTX 1080 Ti~70 tok/s · 11 GBRTX 2080 SUPER~72 tok/s · 8 GBRTX 3080 10GB~110 tok/s · 10 GBRTX 3080 12GB~132 tok/s · 12 GBVII~148 tok/s · 16 GB

Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)

GTX 1080 Ti~11 models · $699RTX 2080 SUPER~10 models · $699RTX 3080 10GB~11 models · $699RTX 3080 12GB~15 models · $699VII~16 models · $699

Top Compatible Models

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

Memory Usage9.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run mistral-nemo
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Memory Usage7.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:8b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage7.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:8b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage7.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.1:8b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage7.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:7b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage7.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:7b-q5_k_m
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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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