Can I Run Qwen 3.5 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?

Name: LLM Configurator — GPU VRAM Checker
Author: LLM Configurator

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 24 lutego 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~5.4 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 9B at Q4_K_M (6.6 GB, ~55 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 8K context.

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Sprawdź cenę na Amazon — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) Specs

VRAM	12 GB
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s

Qwen 3.5 9B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB): VRAM by quantization

Quant	VRAM needed	Fits 12 GB?	Max context
F16	21.7 GB	✗ No	—
Q8_0	13.2 GB	✗ No	—
Q6_K	11.1 GB	✓ Yes	4K
Q5_K_M	10.1 GB	✓ Yes	4K
Q4_K_M	9.1 GB	✓ Yes	8K
Q3_K_M	7.5 GB	✓ Yes	8K
Q2_K	6.6 GB	✓ Yes	8K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 12 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Qwen 3.5 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)

Qwen 3.5 9B	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · ~55 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 4B	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · ~106 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 2B	Q4_K_M · 2.7 GB · ~133 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 0.8B	Q4_K_M · 1 GB · ~360 tok/s (est.)

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