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Can a RTX 3080 10GB run Qwen 2.5 14B?

Yes, with partial offload (slower). Qwen 2.5 14B on RTX 3080 10GB at Q4_K_M uses system RAM (10.3 GB needed, 9.5 GB usable), about 28 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: RTX 3080 10GB · Model: Qwen 2.5 14B

RTX 3080 10GB has 10 GB of VRAM and 760 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 9.5 GB. Partial offload may also use 60% of that system RAM. Qwen 2.5 14B (14.8B, Alibaba) at Q4_K_M is a 9 GB download and needs 10.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size9 GB
Memory needed10.3 GB
Usable fast memory9.5 GB
Fitpartial offload (slower)
Estimated speed~28 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen2.5:14b
Open RTX 3080 10GB 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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