Can I run this LLM?
Can a NVIDIA RTX 4080 (16GB) run Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE)?
Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 16.0 GB machine at 4K context.
Yes — it runs great.
Best fit: Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) at Q2_K · 9.9 GB · 188–282 tok/s on a NVIDIA RTX 4080 (16GB).
Every quantization on this machine
| Quant | Size | Speed | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 9.9 GB | 188–282 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q3_K_M | 13.2 GB | 169–253 tok/s | Tight / slow |
| Q4_K_M | 18.5 GB | 144–217 tok/s | Won't fit |
| Q5_K_M | 21.8 GB | 133–199 tok/s | Won't fit |
| Q6_K | 25.2 GB | 123–184 tok/s | Won't fit |
| Q8_0 | 32.4 GB | 105–158 tok/s | Won't fit |
| FP16 | 61.1 GB | 67–101 tok/s | Won't fit |
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