Can I Run Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026

No. Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct needs 43.5 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

ModelQwen 2.5 72B Instruct
Parameters72B
QuantizationQ4_K_M
VRAM needed43.5 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VRAM8 GB
VerdictDoes 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 Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct:

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 48GB
48 GB VRAM · 300 W board power
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Won't fit — rent Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct instead

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct needs ~43 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 Qwen 2.5 Family sizes on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct on nearby hardware

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