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GeForce RTX 3060

GeForce RTX 3060 has 12 GB of VRAM at 360 GB/s — about 11.16 GiB usable after driver and compositor overhead. 1572 of 2118 indexed models fit at 16K context with f16 KV.

Spec sheet· bandwidth, theoreticalFrom the file· fit from summed bytesPredicted· speed
Memory
12 GB
GDDR6
Bandwidth
360 GB/s
192-bit bus
Tensor FP16
51 TF
dense
TDP
170 W
$329 MSRP
Context4K8K16K32K64K128K
KV cachef16q8_0q4_0quantizing the KV cache is a ~2× lever on the dominant term at long context
video 14text 1339vision language 131image 2audio asr 39audio tts 21embedding 26

What fits at 16K context

largest quantization that fits, per model · 1572 of 2118 indexed
ModelBest quantParamsWeights●KV●Total in memory◐Headroom◐tok/s◐
Wan2.1-FLF2V-14B-720PQ4_116.4B10.32 GiB0.00 GiB11.16 GiB0.00 GiB25±12.9%
Wan2.1-I2V-14B-480PQ4_116.4B10.32 GiB0.00 GiB11.15 GiB0.01 GiB25±12.9%
Wan2.1-I2V-14B-720PQ4_116.4B10.32 GiB0.00 GiB11.15 GiB0.01 GiB25±12.9%
Qwen3-16B-A3BMoEQ4_K_S16.0B8.85 GiB1.50 GiB11.14 GiB0.02 GiB47±37%
internlm2-math-plus-20bI1-IQ3_XXS19.9B7.28 GiB3.00 GiB11.14 GiB0.02 GiB25±12.9%
gemma-4-26B-A4B-itMoEIQ2_XS26.5B9.43 GiB0.92 GiB11.14 GiB0.02 GiB25±12.9%
Rocinante-XL-16B-v1I1-IQ3_M16.1B6.91 GiB3.38 GiB11.13 GiB0.03 GiB25±12.9%
SambaLingo-Japanese-ChatI1-IQ2_M6.9B2.31 GiB8.00 GiB11.13 GiB0.03 GiB25±12.9%
Marco-Mini-InstructMoEI1-IQ4_XS17.3B8.61 GiB1.75 GiB11.13 GiB0.03 GiB57±37%
GLM-4.7-Flash-REAP-23B-A3B-absolute-heresyMoEI1-IQ3_M23.0B9.49 GiB0.83 GiB11.13 GiB0.03 GiB67±37%
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-AbliteratedI1-IQ4_XS8.0B8.28 GiB2.00 GiB11.12 GiB0.04 GiB25±12.9%
gemma-7bI1-IQ3_XXS8.5B3.25 GiB7.00 GiB11.12 GiB0.04 GiB25±12.9%
Octen-Embedding-8BQ8_07.6B8.04 GiB2.25 GiB11.12 GiB0.04 GiB25±12.9%
deepseek-math-7b-instructIQ3_XS6.9B2.79 GiB7.50 GiB11.11 GiB0.05 GiB25±12.9%
Janus-Pro-7BI1-IQ3_XS7.4B2.79 GiB7.50 GiB11.11 GiB0.05 GiB25±12.9%
deepseek-coder-7b-instruct-v1.5I1-IQ3_XS6.9B2.79 GiB7.50 GiB11.11 GiB0.05 GiB25±12.9%
deepseek-llm-7b-chatQ2_K6.9B2.79 GiB7.50 GiB11.11 GiB0.05 GiB25±12.9%
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-REAM-160-ru-agentMoEIQ3_M23.6B9.99 GiB0.31 GiB11.11 GiB0.05 GiB101±37%
Muse-Glimmer-30BIQ2_M29.8B9.93 GiB0.30 GiB11.11 GiB0.05 GiB25±12.9%
Kimi-VL-A3B-InstructMoEI1-Q4_K_M16.4B9.82 GiB0.47 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB74±37%
Kimi-VL-A3B-Thinking-2506MoEQ4_K_M16.4B9.82 GiB0.47 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB74±37%
Moonlight-16B-A3B-InstructMoEQ4_K_M16.0B9.82 GiB0.47 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB74±37%
Wan2.2-Distill-ModelsQ5_114.3B10.27 GiB0.00 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB25±12.9%
NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2Q5_K_L8.9B6.76 GiB3.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB25±12.9%
Bernini-RQ5_114.3B10.26 GiB0.00 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB25±12.9%
Qwen3.5-9B-Star-Trek-TNG-DS9-Heretic-Uncensored-ThinkingQ8_09.4B9.77 GiB0.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB25±12.9%
Qwen3.5-9B-Claude-4.6-OS-Auto-Variable-HERETIC-UNCENSORED-THINKINGQ8_09.4B9.77 GiB0.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB25±12.9%
SkyReels-V2-DF-14B-540PQ5_114.3B10.27 GiB0.00 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB25±12.9%
Qwen3-42B-A3B-2507-Thinking-Abliterated-uncensored-TOTAL-RECALL-v2-Medium-MASTER-CODERMoEI1-IQ1_S42.4B8.21 GiB2.09 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB47±37%
Magistry-24B-v1.1IQ2_S23.6B7.68 GiB2.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB25±12.9%
Qwen3.5-9B-Claude-4.6-Opus-Deckard-V4.2-Uncensored-Heretic-ThinkingQ8_09.4B9.76 GiB0.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB25±12.9%
gemma-4-12B-it-uncensored-hereticQ5_K_M12.0B8.78 GiB1.47 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB25±12.9%
Devstral-Small-2-24B-Instruct-2512UD-IQ2_M24.0B7.68 GiB2.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB26±12.9%
Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506UD-IQ2_M24.0B7.68 GiB2.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB26±12.9%
Devstral-Small-2507UD-IQ2_M23.6B7.68 GiB2.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB26±12.9%
Devstral-Small-2505UD-IQ2_M23.6B7.68 GiB2.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB26±12.9%
Magistral-Small-2509UD-IQ2_M24.0B7.68 GiB2.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB26±12.9%
Magistral-Small-2507UD-IQ2_M23.6B7.68 GiB2.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB26±12.9%
Mistral-Small-3.1-24B-Instruct-2503UD-IQ2_M24.0B7.68 GiB2.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB26±12.9%
Magistral-Small-2506UD-IQ2_M23.6B7.68 GiB2.50 GiB11.10 GiB0.06 GiB26±12.9%
Nexa-AI-4x4B-InstructMoEI1-Q5_K_M12.1B8.03 GiB2.25 GiB11.09 GiB0.07 GiB23±37%
InternVL3_5-14BQ5_K_L15.1B10.24 GiB0.00 GiB11.08 GiB0.08 GiB25±12.9%
gemma-4-19b-a4b-it-REAP-hereticMoEQ4_K_M19.0B9.38 GiB0.92 GiB11.08 GiB0.08 GiB25±12.9%
rnj-1-instructQ8_08.3B8.23 GiB2.00 GiB11.08 GiB0.08 GiB25±12.9%
Goetia-26B-A4B-v1.4MoEI1-IQ2_XS26.0B9.37 GiB0.92 GiB11.07 GiB0.09 GiB25±12.9%
G4-Moonlight-Dusk-26B-A4B-hereticMoEI1-IQ2_XS26.5B9.37 GiB0.92 GiB11.07 GiB0.09 GiB25±12.9%
Pantheon-Reasoning-26B-A4B-1.1-hereticMoEI1-IQ2_XS26.5B9.37 GiB0.92 GiB11.07 GiB0.09 GiB25±12.9%
G4-Moonlight-Dusk-26B-A4BMoEI1-IQ2_XS26.5B9.37 GiB0.92 GiB11.07 GiB0.09 GiB25±12.9%
Chimera-X-26B-A4BMoEI1-IQ2_XS26.5B9.37 GiB0.92 GiB11.07 GiB0.09 GiB25±12.9%
Pantheon-Reasoning-26B-A4B-1.1MoEI1-IQ2_XS26.5B9.37 GiB0.92 GiB11.07 GiB0.09 GiB25±12.9%
Gemma-4-26B-A4B-StyleTune-V2MoEI1-IQ2_XS26.5B9.37 GiB0.92 GiB11.07 GiB0.09 GiB25±12.9%
Gemma-4-26B-A4B-StyleTuneMoEI1-IQ2_XS26.5B9.37 GiB0.92 GiB11.07 GiB0.09 GiB25±12.9%
gemma-4-26b-a4b-heretic-styletune-v2-headMoEI1-IQ2_XS25.8B9.37 GiB0.92 GiB11.07 GiB0.09 GiB25±12.9%
Gemma-The-Writer-N-Restless-Quill-10B-UncensoredI1-Q5_K_S10.0B6.55 GiB3.68 GiB11.07 GiB0.09 GiB25±12.9%
granite-8b-code-instruct-4kQ8_08.1B7.98 GiB2.25 GiB11.06 GiB0.10 GiB25±12.9%
granite-8b-code-base-4kQ8_08.1B7.98 GiB2.25 GiB11.06 GiB0.10 GiB25±12.9%
EVA-Yi-1.5-9B-32K-V1Q8_08.8B8.74 GiB1.50 GiB11.06 GiB0.10 GiB25±12.9%
Yi-Coder-9B-ChatQ8_08.8B8.74 GiB1.50 GiB11.06 GiB0.10 GiB25±12.9%
Yi-1.5-9B-ChatQ8_08.8B8.74 GiB1.50 GiB11.06 GiB0.10 GiB25±12.9%
GLM-4-32B-0414-Korean-CultureI1-IQ2_XS32.6B9.22 GiB0.95 GiB11.06 GiB0.10 GiB26±12.9%
●From the file◐Predictedwhat these mean

Speed is modeled, not measured: decode is memory-bandwidth bound, so tokens per second is bytes read per token against achievable bandwidth. Mixture-of-experts models carry a wider band because only the routed experts are read each step, and few have been measured publicly.

Questions people ask

What AI models can a GeForce RTX 3060 run?
1572 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a GeForce RTX 3060 at 16,384 context with f16 KV cache, the largest being Wan2.1-FLF2V-14B-720P at Q4_1. That covers text, vision-language, image, video and speech models.
How much usable memory does a GeForce RTX 3060 actually have?
Its nameplate is 12 GB, but about 11.16 GiB is available to a model once driver and compositor overhead is accounted for.
Is a GeForce RTX 3060 fast for local AI?
Its memory bandwidth is 360 GB/s, and that figure — not teraflops — is what governs token generation speed. Capacity decides what you can run; bandwidth decides how fast it runs.