Can I Run Granite 3.0 on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM)?

Superseded model. Granite 3.0 has been superseded by IBM Granite 4.0. This page is kept for reference; the newer family is a better starting point. View IBM Granite 4.0 →

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 21 października 2024

Yes — comfortably

Yes, comfortably — Granite 3.0 8B Instruct at Q8_0 needs about 10.6 GB of the 16 GB usable on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM), leaving ~5.4 GB spare and running at ~66.7 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 32,768 tokens of context.

Confidence: high · Recommended quantization: Q8_0 · Estimated speed: ~66.7 tok/s

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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

Granite 3.0 on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM): memory by quantization

QuantMemory neededFits 16 GB?Max contextEst. speedDownload
F1618.1 GB✗ No16 GB
Q8_010.6 GB✓ Yes32K~66.7 tok/s8.5 GB
Q6_K8.7 GB✓ Yes32K~81.4 tok/s6.6 GB
Q5_K_M7.8 GB✓ Yes32K~90.5 tok/s5.7 GB
Q4_K_M7 GB✓ Yes32K~101.1 tok/s4.8 GB
Q3_K_M5.6 GB✓ Yes64K~126.4 tok/s3.4 GB
Q2_K4.8 GB✓ Yes64K~146.4 tok/s2.6 GB

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 Granite 3.0 on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM)?

Yes, comfortably — Granite 3.0 8B Instruct at Q8_0 needs about 10.6 GB of the 16 GB usable on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM), leaving ~5.4 GB spare and running at ~66.7 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 32,768 tokens of context.

Which quantization of Granite 3.0 should I use on RTX 5080 Desktop (16 GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM)?

Q8_0 — it needs about 10.6 GB of the 16 GB available, downloads as roughly 8.5 GB, and runs at an estimated 66.7 tokens/sec with up to 32K of context.

What limits Granite 3.0 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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