GeForce RTX 3090

Best local AI models for this GPU

VRAM
24 GB
Bandwidth
936 GB/s
Vendor
NVIDIA
Compatible Models
24

How it compares

GeForce RTX 3090 vs GPUs at nearby launch prices. Estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.

Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)

RTX 3080 Ti~132 tok/s · 12 GBRTX 4000 Ada~52 tok/s · 20 GBRTX 3090~135 tok/s · 24 GBRTX 4090~145 tok/s · 24 GBRTX 3090 Ti~145 tok/s · 24 GB

Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)

RTX 3080 Ti~15 models · $1199RTX 4000 Ada~23 models · $1250RTX 3090~24 models · $1499RTX 4090~24 models · $1599RTX 3090 Ti~24 models · $1999

Top Compatible Models

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

Memory Usage21.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:32b
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Memory Usage23.0 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gemma3:27b
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Memory Usage17.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run mistral-small:24b
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Memory Usage21.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:32b
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Memory Usage21.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:32b
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Memory Usage21.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:30b-a3b
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Memory Usage15.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length32,768 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run codestral
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Memory Usage11.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:14b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage12.0 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:14b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage11.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run phi4-q5_k_m
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