Can I run it?
Can I run Qwen3.8 9B Distill on GeForce RTX 3080 10GB?
Tight fit
Tight fit fully on your GeForce RTX 3080 10GB at Q6_K, 8K context, about 53–73 tok/s. Weights 7.04 GB plus 0.27 GB of KV cache — 7.68 GB of 9.03 GB usable. Up to 32K context still fits.
Best quantQ6_K
Working context8K
Max that fits32K
Speed53–73 tok/s
Weights7.04 GB
KV cache0.27 GB
Total7.68 GB
Usable9.03 GB
Qwen3.8 9B Distill details · GeForce RTX 3080 10GB page · How this estimate is made
Run commands
llama.cpp
llama-server -hf empero-ai/Qwen3.8-9B-Distill-GGUF:Q6_K -c 8192 -ngl 32
Ollama
ollama run qwen3.8
LM Studio
lms get empero-ai/Qwen3.8-9B-Distill-GGUF # Then load quant Q6_K
Assumptions
- Estimate, not a benchmark. Decode speed uses a memory-bandwidth model at 55–75% of peak.
- KV cache is FP16. Engine overhead assumes llama.cpp (0.3 GB + 1% of the weights). Ollama is closer to 0.9 GB + 3%, LM Studio closer to 1 GB + 3%.
- Q6_K size is the real GGUF file size from Hugging Face.
- 0.5 GB is reserved because this GPU also drives a display, then 5% of the rest is left free.
- Speed is quoted at 8K context, not at the maximum context that still fits.
Larger models that also fit
- Can I run Qwen3.8 27B on GeForce RTX 3080 10GB? — Tight fit, UD-IQ2_S, 47–64 tok/s
- Can I run gemma 4 12b it on GeForce RTX 3080 10GB? — Tight fit, Q5_K_M, 42–57 tok/s
- Can I run Qwen3.6 14B A3B FableVibes on GeForce RTX 3080 10GB? — Tight fit, Q4_K_M, 208–283 tok/s
Updated 2026-10-24. Profile on this page is the device default plus 32 GB of DDR5-5600 system RAM.