Can I Run Gemma 2 Family on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060?

Superseded model. Gemma 2 Family has been superseded by Gemma 4. This page is kept for reference; the newer family is a better starting point. View Gemma 4 →

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~2.6 GB of headroom running Gemma 2 9B IT at Q4_K_M (5.43375 GB, ~49 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Specs

VRAM8 GB
Memory Bandwidth448 GB/s

Gemma 2 9B IT on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 8 GB?Max context
F1620.2 GB✗ No
Q8_011.8 GB✗ No
Q6_K9.6 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M8.6 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M7.6 GB✓ Yes4K
Q3_K_M6 GB✓ Yes8K
Q2_K5.2 GB✓ Yes8K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 8 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Gemma 2 Family Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

Gemma 2 9B ITQ4_K_M · 5.43375 GB · ~49 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Gemma 2 Family on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~2.6 GB of headroom running Gemma 2 9B IT at Q4_K_M (5.43375 GB, ~49 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

Which Gemma 2 Family variant fits best on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060?

Gemma 2 9B IT at Q4_K_M quantization (5.43375 GB), estimated ~49 tokens/sec, up to 4K context.

Gemma 2 Family on Other GPUs

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