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Can a RTX 3060 8GB run Qwen3.5 9B?

Yes, with partial offload (slower). Qwen3.5 9B on RTX 3060 8GB at Q4_K_M uses system RAM (8 GB needed, 7.5 GB usable), about 19 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: RTX 3060 8GB · Model: Qwen3.5 9B

RTX 3060 8GB has 8 GB of VRAM and 240 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker holds back 0.5 GB of VRAM for the driver and assumes 16 GB of system RAM, so fast memory usable by Ollama is 7.5 GB. Partial offload may also use 60% of that system RAM. Qwen3.5 9B (9.65B, Alibaba) at Q4_K_M is a 6.6 GB download and needs 8 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size6.6 GB
Memory needed8 GB
Usable fast memory7.5 GB
Fitpartial offload (slower)
Estimated speed~19 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen3.5:9b-q4_K_M
Open RTX 3060 8GB in the checker

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.

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