§01·spec · /gpus
RTX 3060 Ti
nvidia30 series8GB VRAM
22 open-weights AI models run on the RTX 3060 Ti — see which fit, how fast they go, and the VRAM each needs.
§02·models that run on this GPU
22 totalLLM · 12
| Model | Best speed | Min VRAM | Works | Evidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llama2 7b | 73.07tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| wizardlm2 7b | 70.79tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| qwen2 7b | 63.73tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| Qwen2.5 7B | 58.13tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 57.34tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| gemma 7b | 31.95tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| falcon2 11b | 31.2tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| Gemma 2 9B | 23.8tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| stablelm2 12b | 18.73tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| llama2 13b | 9.25tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| Ornith 1.0 9B | 8GB | ✓ | recipe | check ↗ | |
| Qwen3-4B | 4GB | ✓ | recipe | check ↗ |
Multimodal · 3
| Model | Best speed | Min VRAM | Works | Evidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llava 7b | 72tokens/s | 8GB | ✓ | 1benchrecipe | check ↗ |
| Gemma 4 E4B-IT | 6GB | ✓ | recipe | check ↗ | |
| MiniMind-O | 4GB | ✓ | recipe | check ↗ |
Video · 1
| Model | Best speed | Min VRAM | Works | Evidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AnimateDiff | 6GB | ✓ | recipe | check ↗ |
TTS · 5
| Model | Best speed | Min VRAM | Works | Evidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation-1 | 8GB | ✓ | recipe | check ↗ | |
| Kokoro TTS | 2GB | ✓ | recipe | check ↗ | |
| OmniVoice | 4GB | ✓ | recipe | check ↗ | |
| OpenAudio S1 Mini | 5GB | ✓ | recipe | check ↗ | |
| VoxCPM | 5GB | ✓ | recipe | check ↗ |
§03·tested recipes
showing 6 of 22- llmintermediate8GB+recipe
Ornith 1.0 9B on RTX 3060 Ti (8GB): Local Agentic Coding at the Fit Boundary via llama.cpp + OpenHands
- llmbeginner8GB+recipe
Llama 3.1 8B on RTX 3060 Ti: Local Chat via Ollama or llama.cpp + Unsloth UD-Q4_K_XL GGUF
- llmbeginner8GB+recipe
StableLM 2 12B on RTX 3060 Ti: Run a Multilingual Base LLM at the 8 GB Wall
- llmbeginner8GB+recipe
Llama 2 13B on RTX 3060 Ti: The Slow Ceiling of What 8 GB Holds
- llmbeginner8GB+recipe
Gemma 7B on RTX 3060 Ti: Run a Local Chat LLM at the 8 GB Floor
- llmbeginner8GB+recipe
Falcon2 11B on RTX 3060 Ti: Run TII's 11B LLM Local at the 8 GB Ceiling