Can I Run InternLM 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~3.9 GB of headroom running InternLM 3 20B Instruct at Q4_K_M (12.075 GB, ~46 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 8K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Specs

VRAM16 GB
Memory Bandwidth717 GB/s

InternLM 3 20B Instruct on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 16 GB?Max context
F1641.6 GB✗ No
Q8_022.8 GB✗ No
Q6_K18 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M15.8 GB✓ Yes4K
Q4_K_M13.7 GB✓ Yes8K
Q3_K_M10.1 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K8.2 GB✓ Yes32K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 16 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

InternLM 3 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

InternLM 3 20B InstructQ4_K_M · 12.075 GB · ~46 tok/s (est.)
InternLM 3 8B InstructQ4_K_M · 5.313000000000001 GB · ~95 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 have enough VRAM for InternLM 3?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~3.9 GB of headroom running InternLM 3 20B Instruct at Q4_K_M (12.075 GB, ~46 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 8K context.

Which quantization of InternLM 3 should I use on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080?

InternLM 3 20B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (12.075 GB), estimated ~46 tokens/sec, up to 8K context.

Every InternLM 3 size on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
InternLM 3 20B Instruct12.1 GBRuns~46 tok/s
InternLM 3 8B Instruct5.3 GBRuns~95 tok/s

InternLM 3 on Other GPUs

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