GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
Best local AI models for this GPU
VRAM
12 GB
Bandwidth
912 GB/s
Vendor
NVIDIA
Compatible Models
15
How it compares
GeForce RTX 3080 12GB vs GPUs at nearby launch prices. Estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.
Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)
Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)
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Memory Usage10.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:14b
Memory Usage10.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:14b
Memory Usage10.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run phi4
Memory Usage10.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:14b
Memory Usage10.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run mistral-nemo-q5_k_m
Memory Usage8.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:8b-q6_k
Memory Usage8.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:8b-q6_k
Memory Usage8.1 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.1:8b-q6_k
Memory Usage8.1 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:7b-q6_k
Memory Usage8.1 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:7b-q6_k