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Best AI models for the
NVIDIA RTX 3070

The NVIDIA RTX 3070 has 8.0GB of VRAM. Below are the top 30 open-source AI models that fit, ranked by composite benchmark score. Each row shows the best quantization that fits your hardware.

VRAM
8.0GB
Brand
nvidia
Models that fit
30
Generation
RTX 30 Series
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Top 30 models for the NVIDIA RTX 3070

01

Qwen 3.5 9B

9.0B
35.7
Best fit: Q5_K_M · 7.4GBCan I run it? →
02

gemma 4 12B it

12.0B
36.4
Best fit: Q4_K_S · 7.9GBCan I run it? →
03

Qwen 3.5 4B

4.0B
33.5
Best fit: Q8_0 · 5.3GBCan I run it? →
04

Devstral Small 2

7.0B
31.7
Best fit: Q6_K · 6.8GBCan I run it? →
05

Ministral 3 8B

8.0B
25.0
Best fit: Q6_K · 7.6GBCan I run it? →
06

Gemma 4 E2B

2.0B
25.0
Best fit: fp16 · 5.0GBCan I run it? →
07

Qwen3 4B Thinking 2507

4.0B
19.9
Best fit: Q8_0 · 5.3GBCan I run it? →
08

gemma 4 E4B it

8.0B
19.8
Best fit: Q6_K · 7.6GBCan I run it? →
09

Ministral 3 3B

3.0B
18.3
Best fit: fp16 · 7.0GBCan I run it? →
10

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking

8.8B
17.6
Best fit: Q5_K_M · 7.3GBCan I run it? →
11

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B

8.2B
17.3
Best fit: Q6_K · 7.8GBCan I run it? →
12

gemma 4 E2B it

5.1B
15.8
Best fit: Q8_0 · 6.4GBCan I run it? →
13

Ministral 3 8B 2512

8.9B
14.9
Best fit: Q5_K_M · 7.3GBCan I run it? →
14

Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free)

8.9B
14.7
Best fit: Q5_K_M · 7.3GBCan I run it? →
15

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B BF16

4.0B
14.5
Best fit: Q8_0 · 5.3GBCan I run it? →
16

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

8.8B
14.0
Best fit: Q5_K_M · 7.3GBCan I run it? →
17

Qwen3 8B

8.2B
13.8
Best fit: Q6_K · 7.8GBCan I run it? →
18

Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507

4.0B
11.9
Best fit: Q8_0 · 5.3GBCan I run it? →
19

Qwen 3.5 2B

2.0B
11.4
Best fit: fp16 · 5.0GBCan I run it? →
20

Granite 4.1 8B

8.8B
11.1
Best fit: Q5_1 · 7.6GBCan I run it? →
21

Ministral 3 3B 2512

3.8B
10.8
Best fit: Q8_0 · 5.0GBCan I run it? →
22

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

8.0B
10.7
Best fit: Q6_K · 7.6GBCan I run it? →
23

Qwen 3.5 0.8B

0.8B
9.2
Best fit: fp16 · 2.6GBCan I run it? →
24

Gemma 3 12B

12.2B
9.2
Best fit: Q4_K_S · 8.0GBCan I run it? →
25

Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B

7.6B
7.5
Best fit: Q6_K · 7.3GBCan I run it? →
26

Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct

4.4B
6.8
Best fit: Q8_0 · 5.7GBCan I run it? →
27

OLMo 2 1124 7B Instruct

7.3B
6.4
Best fit: Q6_K · 7.0GBCan I run it? →
28

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

1.8B
6.1
Best fit: fp16 · 4.6GBCan I run it? →
29

Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct

8.0B
5.8
Best fit: Q6_K · 7.6GBCan I run it? →
30

Llama 3.2 11B Vision

11.0B
5.6
Best fit: Q4_K_M · 7.7GBCan I run it? →
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FAQ — running AI on the NVIDIA RTX 3070

How many AI models can the NVIDIA RTX 3070 run?

With 8.0GB of VRAM, the NVIDIA RTX 3070 can run 30+ open-source models from our database, including Qwen 3.5 9B, gemma 4 12B it, Qwen 3.5 4B.

What's the largest LLM I can run on a NVIDIA RTX 3070?

The biggest model that fits is approximately 12.2B. Larger models would need to be quantized further or won't fit at all.

Is 8.0GB of VRAM enough for local AI?

Tight but workable. 8.0GB runs 3B-7B models well at Q4. For coding or reasoning models you may want more memory.