Can I Run Qwen 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated April 28, 2025

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~6.5 GB of headroom running Qwen 3 14B at Q4_K_M (9.5 GB, ~94 tok/s (est.)).

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Specs

VRAM16 GB
Memory Bandwidth896 GB/s

Qwen 3 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

Qwen 3 14BQ4_K_M · 9.5 GB · ~94 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3 30B-A3B (MoE)Q4_K_M · 8 GB · ~400 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3 8BQ4_K_M · 5.5 GB · ~163 tok/s (est.)
Buy vs. rent Qwen 3
Buy the GPU
~$749
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti · MSRP
Rent by the hour
from $0.34/hr
RTX 4090 (24 GB) class

At 2 hrs/day, buying (~$749) beats renting at $0.34/hr after about 3.1 years.

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FAQ

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti enough to run Qwen 3 locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~6.5 GB of headroom running Qwen 3 14B at Q4_K_M (9.5 GB, ~94 tok/s (est.)).

What's the best Qwen 3 size for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti?

Qwen 3 14B at Q4_K_M quantization (9.5 GB), estimated ~94 tokens/sec.

Qwen 3 on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

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