GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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

Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)

TITAN Xp~79 tok/s · 12 GBRTX 4080~103 tok/s · 16 GBRTX 3080 Ti~132 tok/s · 12 GBRTX 4000 Ada~52 tok/s · 20 GBRTX 3090~135 tok/s · 24 GB

Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)

TITAN Xp~15 models · $1199RTX 4080~16 models · $1199RTX 3080 Ti~15 models · $1199RTX 4000 Ada~23 models · $1250RTX 3090~24 models · $1499

Top Compatible Models

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

Memory Usage10.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:14b
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Memory Usage10.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:14b
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Memory Usage10.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run phi4
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Memory Usage10.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:14b
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Memory Usage10.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run mistral-nemo-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage8.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:8b-q6_k
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Memory Usage8.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:8b-q6_k
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Memory Usage8.1 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.1:8b-q6_k
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Memory Usage8.1 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:7b-q6_k
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Memory Usage8.1 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:7b-q6_k
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