Can I Run Granite 3.0 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070?

Superseded model. Granite 3.0 has been superseded by IBM Granite 4.0. This page is kept for reference; the newer family is a better starting point. View IBM Granite 4.0 →

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

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.2 GB of headroom running Granite 3.0 8B Instruct at Q4_K_M (4.8 GB, ~84 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Specs

VRAM12 GB
Memory Bandwidth672 GB/s

Granite 3.0 8B Instruct on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 12 GB?Max contextWhole PC
F1617.5 GB✗ No——
Q8_010 GB✓ Yes16K—
Q6_K8 GB✓ Yes16K—
Q5_K_M7.1 GB✓ Yes32K—
Q4_K_M6.3 GB✓ Yes32K—
Q3_K_M4.9 GB✓ Yes32K—
Q2_K4.1 GB✓ Yes32K—

Assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache. A longer window needs more; a quantized KV cache needs less. “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.

Context costs VRAM too. At Q4_K_M on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070: 8K 7 GB · 32K 11 GB · 128K 27.1 GB ✗. Past 128K it no longer fits 12 GB — a q8_0 KV cache buys roughly half of that back, which the calculator will price for you.

No compatible GPU? Granite 3.0 8B Instruct on 8 GB of system RAM, CPU only: runs.

Granite 3.0 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Granite 3.0 8B InstructQ4_K_M · 4.8 GB · ~84 tok/s (est.)
Buy vs. rent Granite 3.0
Buy the GPU
~$549
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 · MSRP
Rent by the hour
from $0.34/hr
RTX 4090 (24 GB) class

At 2 hrs/day, buying (~$549) beats renting at $0.34/hr after about 2.2 years.

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FAQ

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 enough to run Granite 3.0 locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.2 GB of headroom running Granite 3.0 8B Instruct at Q4_K_M (4.8 GB, ~84 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

What's the best Granite 3.0 size for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070?

Granite 3.0 8B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (4.8 GB), estimated ~84 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

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