Can I Run Qwen 2.5 VL on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM)?

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Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated January 25, 2025

Yes — comfortably

Yes, comfortably — Qwen 2.5 VL 7B Instruct at Q8_0 needs about 10.1 GB of the 16 GB usable on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM), leaving ~5.9 GB spare and running at ~67.5 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 65,536 tokens of context.

Confidence: high · Recommended quantization: Q8_0 · Estimated speed: ~67.5 tok/s

RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM) — what it gives a model

Usable memory for models16 GB
Memory bandwidth960 GB/s
Form factorDesktop
Operating systemWindows or Linux
Memory upgradeableYes

Qwen 2.5 VL on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM): memory by quantization

QuantMemory neededFits 16 GB?Max contextEst. speedDownload
F1617.8 GB✗ No16.6 GB
Q8_010.1 GB✓ Yes64K~67.5 tok/s8.8 GB
Q6_K8.1 GB✓ Yes64K~83.2 tok/s6.8 GB
Q5_K_M7.1 GB✓ Yes64K~93.2 tok/s5.9 GB
Q4_K_M6.3 GB✓ Yes64K~105 tok/s5 GB
Q3_K_M4.8 GB✓ Yes64K~133.7 tok/s3.5 GB
Q2_K4 GB✓ Yes64K~157.3 tok/s2.7 GB

Which Qwen 2.5 VL sizes fit

VariantNeeds at Q4_K_MFits?Est. speed
Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct47.8 GB✗ Too large
Qwen 2.5 VL 7B Instruct6.3 GB✓ Fits~105 tok/s

What to watch out for

RTX 5080 desktop limitations

Recommended setup

Ollama or llama.cpp (CUDA/ROCm) — vLLM if you need concurrent serving

How these numbers are calculated

FAQ

Can I run Qwen 2.5 VL on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM)?

Yes, comfortably — Qwen 2.5 VL 7B Instruct at Q8_0 needs about 10.1 GB of the 16 GB usable on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM), leaving ~5.9 GB spare and running at ~67.5 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 65,536 tokens of context.

Which quantization of Qwen 2.5 VL should I use on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM)?

Q8_0 — it needs about 10.1 GB of the 16 GB available, downloads as roughly 8.8 GB, and runs at an estimated 67.5 tokens/sec with up to 64K of context.

What limits Qwen 2.5 VL on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM)?

Nothing binding — the model fits with headroom and generates at a usable speed on this hardware.

Which runtime should I use?

Ollama or llama.cpp (CUDA/ROCm) — vLLM if you need concurrent serving

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