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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 run gemma3 12B?

FULL

9.6 GB needed of 12 GB usable — headroom for context

12GB · Ada · model file 8.1GB · 12B

~29–47 tok/s

computed roofline: 504 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 8.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Community check: ~40 tok/s · 12-15B Q4 · 5 runs · inside our computed band — localmaxxing.com

Run gemma3 12B on instead

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs gemma3 12B fully ($135)

rtx-4070-ti-super — the next step up from NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

every model the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory