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Can a RTX 5080 16GB run Ministral 3 8B?

Yes. Ministral 3 8B fits in fast memory on RTX 5080 16GB at Q8_0 (11.3 GB needed, 15.5 GB usable), about 58 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: RTX 5080 16GB · Model: Ministral 3 8B

RTX 5080 16GB has 16 GB of VRAM and 960 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 15.5 GB. Partial offload may also use 60% of that system RAM. Ministral 3 8B (8.92B, Mistral) at Q8_0 is a 9.9 GB download and needs 11.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size9.9 GB
Memory needed11.3 GB
Usable fast memory15.5 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~58 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run ministral-3:8b-instruct-2512-q8_0
Open RTX 5080 16GB 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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