Can I Run InternLM 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~11.9 GB of headroom running InternLM 3 20B Instruct at Q4_K_M (12.075 GB, ~41 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Specs

VRAM24 GB
Memory Bandwidth936 GB/s

InternLM 3 20B Instruct on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 24 GB?Max context
F1641.6 GB✗ No
Q8_022.8 GB✓ Yes8K
Q6_K18 GB✓ Yes32K
Q5_K_M15.8 GB✓ Yes32K
Q4_K_M13.7 GB✓ Yes32K
Q3_K_M10.1 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K8.2 GB✓ Yes32K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 24 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

InternLM 3 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

InternLM 3 20B InstructQ4_K_M · 12.075 GB · ~41 tok/s (est.)
InternLM 3 8B InstructQ4_K_M · 5.313000000000001 GB · ~85 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

InternLM 3 on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~11.9 GB of headroom running InternLM 3 20B Instruct at Q4_K_M (12.075 GB, ~41 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

Which InternLM 3 variant fits best on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?

InternLM 3 20B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (12.075 GB), estimated ~41 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

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