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GPU comparison

NVIDIA RTX 4060 (8GB) vs NVIDIA RTX 4070 (12GB) for local LLMs

How the two stack up for running open-source LLMs locally — memory, bandwidth, price, and how many of the 64 tracked models each one can run.

NVIDIA RTX 4060 (8GB)NVIDIA RTX 4070 (12GB)
Memory8.0 GB12.0 GB
Bandwidth272 GB/s504 GB/s
Price (approx)$530$549
LLMs it runs22 of 6427 of 64
Best model it runsGemma 4 12B · 36–54 tok/sDevstral Small 2 24B · 35–53 tok/s

The NVIDIA RTX 4070 (12GB) runs 5 more of the tracked models (27 vs 22), thanks to its 12.0 GB of memory. The NVIDIA RTX 4070 (12GB) has more memory bandwidth (504 GB/s), so it generates tokens faster at the same model and quant.

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