Can I Run Phi 3.5 Family on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060?

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Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~5.7 GB of headroom running Phi 3.5 Mini at Q4_K_M (2.29425 GB, ~107 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Specs

VRAM8 GB
Memory Bandwidth448 GB/s

Phi 3.5 Mini on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 8 GB?Max context
F168.8 GB✗ No
Q8_05.2 GB✓ Yes16K
Q6_K4.3 GB✓ Yes32K
Q5_K_M3.9 GB✓ Yes32K
Q4_K_M3.5 GB✓ Yes32K
Q3_K_M2.8 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K2.5 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.

Phi 3.5 Family Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

Phi 3.5 MiniQ4_K_M · 2.29425 GB · ~107 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Phi 3.5 Family on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~5.7 GB of headroom running Phi 3.5 Mini at Q4_K_M (2.29425 GB, ~107 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

Which Phi 3.5 Family variant fits best on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060?

Phi 3.5 Mini at Q4_K_M quantization (2.29425 GB), estimated ~107 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

Phi 3.5 Family on Other GPUs

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