can-i-run-this-llm

Can I run this LLM?

Can a NVIDIA RTX 3080 (10GB) run Qwen3.5 9B?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 10.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3.5 9B at Q5_K_M · 6.6 GB · 65–97 tok/s on a NVIDIA RTX 3080 (10GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q3_K_M4.7 GB83–125 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M5.7 GB72–109 tok/sRuns great
Q5_K_M6.6 GB65–97 tok/sRuns great
Q6_K7.5 GB59–88 tok/sTight / slow
Q8_09.5 GB48–73 tok/sWon't fit
FP1617.9 GB28–42 tok/sWon't fit

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