Can I Run Llama 4 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070?

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2025年4月5日

Only with offload — Llama 4 spills onto CPU/system RAM on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (12 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Specs

VRAM12 GB
Memory Bandwidth504 GB/s

Llama 4 Scout 17B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 12 GB?Max context
F16253.7 GB✗ No
Q8_0151.5 GB✗ No
Q6_K125.1 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M112.9 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M101.5 GB✗ No
Q3_K_M82.1 GB✗ No
Q2_K71.5 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.

Why It Does Not Fit

Every Llama 4 variant requires more VRAM than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 provides (12 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM).

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FAQ

Can I run Llama 4 on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070?

Only with offload — Llama 4 spills onto CPU/system RAM on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (12 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.

What's the cheapest GPU that runs Llama 4?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.

Llama 4 on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

VRAM Tier

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