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Can a RTX 5070 12GB run Qwen3-VL 8B?

Yes. Qwen3-VL 8B fits in fast memory on RTX 5070 12GB at Q8_0 (11.2 GB needed, 11.5 GB usable), about 41 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: RTX 5070 12GB · Model: Qwen3-VL 8B

RTX 5070 12GB has 12 GB of VRAM and 672 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 11.5 GB. Partial offload may also use 60% of that system RAM. Qwen3-VL 8B (8.77B, Alibaba) at Q8_0 is a 9.8 GB download and needs 11.2 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size9.8 GB
Memory needed11.2 GB
Usable fast memory11.5 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~41 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen3-vl:8b-instruct-q8_0
Open RTX 5070 12GB 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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