Can I Run Qwen3-Coder on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 8 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~4.5 GB of headroom running Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q4_K_M (7.5 GB, ~400 tok/s (est.)).

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) Specs

VRAM12 GB
Memory Bandwidth360 GB/s

Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB): VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 12 GB?Max context
F16186.4 GB✗ No
Q8_0111.4 GB✗ No
Q6_K92 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M83.1 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M74.7 GB✗ No
Q3_K_M60.5 GB✗ No
Q2_K52.7 GB✗ No

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.

Qwen3-Coder Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)

Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE)Q4_K_M · 7.5 GB · ~400 tok/s (est.)
Qwen3-Coder 8BQ4_K_M · 5.5 GB · ~65 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) enough to run Qwen3-Coder locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~4.5 GB of headroom running Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q4_K_M (7.5 GB, ~400 tok/s (est.)).

What's the best Qwen3-Coder size for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?

Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q4_K_M quantization (7.5 GB), estimated ~400 tokens/sec.

Qwen3-Coder on Other GPUs

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