Can I Run Gemma 4 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated June 3, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~6 GB of headroom running Gemma 4 12B (Unified) at Q4_K_M (10 GB, ~90 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 8K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Specs

VRAM16 GB
Memory Bandwidth896 GB/s

Gemma 4 12B (Unified) on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 16 GB?Max context
F1628.6 GB✗ No—
Q8_017.4 GB✗ No—
Q6_K14.5 GB✓ Yes4K
Q5_K_M13.1 GB✓ Yes4K
Q4_K_M11.9 GB✓ Yes8K
Q3_K_M9.8 GB✓ Yes8K
Q2_K8.6 GB✓ Yes8K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 16 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Gemma 4 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

Gemma 4 12B (Unified)Q4_K_M · 10 GB · ~90 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 4 E4BQ4 (QAT) · 5.5 GB · ~163 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 4 E2BQ4 (QAT) · 5 GB · ~179 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti enough to run Gemma 4 locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~6 GB of headroom running Gemma 4 12B (Unified) at Q4_K_M (10 GB, ~90 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 8K context.

What's the best Gemma 4 size for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti?

Gemma 4 12B (Unified) at Q4_K_M quantization (10 GB), estimated ~90 tokens/sec, up to 8K context.

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