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Can the NVIDIA RTX 3090 run SDXL SDXL base?

FULL

8.9 GB needed of 24 GB usable — headroom for context

24GB · Ampere GA102 · model file 6.9GB · SDXL base

~62–100 tok/s

computed roofline: 936 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 6.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run SDXL SDXL base on instead

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs SDXL SDXL base 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