Can I Run Gemma 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB)?

作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2026年7月12日

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~2.8 GB of headroom running Gemma 3 12B Instruct at Q4_K_M (7.245 GB, ~48 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB) Specs

VRAM10 GB
Memory Bandwidth760 GB/s

Gemma 3 12B Instruct on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB): VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 10 GB?Max context
F1626.3 GB✗ No—
Q8_015.1 GB✗ No—
Q6_K12.2 GB✗ No—
Q5_K_M10.8 GB✗ No—
Q4_K_M9.6 GB✓ Yes4K
Q3_K_M7.5 GB✓ Yes8K
Q2_K6.3 GB✓ Yes8K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 10 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Gemma 3 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB)

Gemma 3 12B InstructQ4_K_M · 7.245 GB · ~48 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 3 4B InstructQ4_K_M · 2.415 GB · ~117 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 3 1B InstructQ4_K_M · 0.60375 GB · ~240 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB) enough to run Gemma 3 locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~2.8 GB of headroom running Gemma 3 12B Instruct at Q4_K_M (7.245 GB, ~48 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

What's the best Gemma 3 size for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB)?

Gemma 3 12B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (7.245 GB), estimated ~48 tokens/sec, up to 4K context.

Every Gemma 3 size on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB)

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Gemma 3 27B Instruct16.3 GBDoes not fit—
Gemma 3 12B Instruct7.2 GBRuns~48 tok/s
Gemma 3 4B Instruct2.4 GBRuns~117 tok/s
Gemma 3 1B Instruct0.6 GBRuns~240 tok/s

Gemma 3 on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB)

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