Can I Run Cogito v1 70B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti?

Name: LLM Configurator — GPU VRAM Checker
Author: LLM Configurator

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026

No. Cogito v1 70B needs 42.3 GB at Q4_K_M and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti has only 8 GB. No quantization we publish closes a gap that size.

The numbers

Model	Cogito v1 70B
Parameters	70B
Quantization	Q4_K_M
VRAM needed	42.3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VRAM	8 GB
Verdict	Does not fit

What to do next

Either step down to a smaller size in this family, or move to a NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation (48 GB), the cheapest card we track with enough VRAM.

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Cheapest card we track with enough VRAM for Cogito v1 70B:

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 48GB

48 GB VRAM · 300 W board power

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Won't fit — rent Cogito v1 70B instead

Cogito v1 70B needs ~42 GB but this GPU has 8 GB. Rent a A100 (80 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:

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Other Cogito v1 sizes on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Cogito v1 32B — does not fit (19.3 GB)
Cogito v1 14B — runs at a lower quant (8.5 GB)
Cogito v1 8B — runs (4.8 GB)
Cogito v1 3B — runs (1.8 GB)

Cogito v1 70B on nearby hardware

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB) (10 GB) — does not fit

All Cogito v1 sizes on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | VRAM calculator for Cogito v1 70B | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GPU page | Check your hardware