Can I Run Qwen 3 30B-A3B (MoE) on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080?

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2026年8月15日

Not at Q4_K_M — that needs 18.4 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 has 16 GB. Drop to Q3_K_M and it fits in 14.6 GB, with up to 8K of context.

The numbers

ModelQwen 3 30B-A3B (MoE)
Parameters30B (3B active)
QuantizationQ4_K_M
VRAM needed18.4 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 VRAM16 GB
VerdictRuns at a lower quant
Fits atQ3_K_M (14.6 GB)
Max context8K

What to do next

Quantize to Q3_K_M. That is the cheapest fix — it costs some quality but no money.

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Running Qwen 3 30B-A3B (MoE) on this card:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
16 GB VRAM · 320 W board power
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Qwen 3 30B-A3B (MoE) needs ~18 GB but this GPU has 16 GB. Rent a RTX 4090 (24 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:

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