Can I Run Gemma 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 marca 2025

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~4.2 GB of headroom running Gemma 3 4B Instruct at Q4_K_M (3.8 GB, ~72 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Specs

VRAM8 GB
Memory Bandwidth272 GB/s

Gemma 3 4B Instruct on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 8 GB?Max context
F169.4 GB✗ No
Q8_05.6 GB✓ Yes16K
Q6_K4.7 GB✓ Yes16K
Q5_K_M4.2 GB✓ Yes16K
Q4_K_M3.8 GB✓ Yes32K
Q3_K_M3.1 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K2.7 GB✓ Yes32K

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 3 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Gemma 3 4B InstructQ4_K_M · 3.8 GB · ~72 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 3 1B InstructQ4_K_M · 0.9 GB · ~302 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 enough to run Gemma 3 locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~4.2 GB of headroom running Gemma 3 4B Instruct at Q4_K_M (3.8 GB, ~72 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

What's the best Gemma 3 size for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060?

Gemma 3 4B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (3.8 GB), estimated ~72 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

Gemma 3 on Other GPUs

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