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Can the NVIDIA RTX 3090 run qwen3 14B?

FULL

9.9 GB needed of 24 GB usable — headroom for context

24GB · Ampere GA102 · model file 9.3GB · 14B

~46–76 tok/s

computed roofline: 936 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 9.3GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Community check: ~49 tok/s · 12-15B Q4 · 34 runs · inside our computed band — localmaxxing.com

Run qwen3 14B on instead

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs qwen3 14B fully ($135)

rtx-5090 — the next step up from NVIDIA RTX 3090

every model the NVIDIA RTX 3090 can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the NVIDIA RTX 3090 · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory