Can I Run Yi 1.5 Family on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?

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Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~6.7 GB of headroom running Yi 1.5 9B Chat at Q4_K_M (5.3311125 GB, ~36 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) Specs

VRAM12 GB
Memory Bandwidth360 GB/s

Yi 1.5 9B Chat on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB): VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 12 GB?Max context
F1618.9 GB✗ No
Q8_010.6 GB✓ Yes16K
Q6_K8.4 GB✓ Yes16K
Q5_K_M7.5 GB✓ Yes16K
Q4_K_M6.5 GB✓ Yes16K
Q3_K_M5 GB✓ Yes16K
Q2_K4.1 GB✓ Yes16K

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.

Yi 1.5 Family Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)

Yi 1.5 9B ChatQ4_K_M · 5.3311125 GB · ~36 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) have enough VRAM for Yi 1.5 Family?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~6.7 GB of headroom running Yi 1.5 9B Chat at Q4_K_M (5.3311125 GB, ~36 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

Which quantization of Yi 1.5 Family should I use on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?

Yi 1.5 9B Chat at Q4_K_M quantization (5.3311125 GB), estimated ~36 tokens/sec, up to 16K context.

Every Yi 1.5 Family size on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Yi 1.5 34B Chat20.8 GBDoes not fit
Yi 1.5 9B Chat5.3 GBRuns~36 tok/s

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