Can I Run Gemma 3n on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~3.3 GB of headroom running Gemma 3n E4B at Q4_K_M (4.7394375 GB, ~101 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Specs

VRAM8 GB
Memory Bandwidth608 GB/s

Gemma 3n E4B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 8 GB?Max context
F1617.1 GB✗ No
Q8_09.7 GB✗ No
Q6_K7.8 GB✓ Yes4K
Q5_K_M6.9 GB✓ Yes8K
Q4_K_M6.1 GB✓ Yes16K
Q3_K_M4.7 GB✓ Yes16K
Q2_K4 GB✓ Yes32K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 8 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Gemma 3n Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Gemma 3n E4BQ4_K_M · 4.7394375 GB · ~101 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 3n E2BQ4_K_M · 3.2844 GB · ~151 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti enough to run Gemma 3n locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~3.3 GB of headroom running Gemma 3n E4B at Q4_K_M (4.7394375 GB, ~101 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

What's the best Gemma 3n size for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti?

Gemma 3n E4B at Q4_K_M quantization (4.7394375 GB), estimated ~101 tokens/sec, up to 16K context.

Gemma 3n on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

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