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Can the NVIDIA RTX 3090 run Qwen2.5 7B?

RTX 3090 × Qwen2.5 7B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP1616.3 GB of 24 GB
Weights 15.2 GBKV cache 0.5 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Memory16.3 GBof 24 GB usable
Speed~37tokens per second
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 3090 can run Qwen2.5 7B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 16.3 GB of the 24 GB available, at roughly 37 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Qwen2.5 7B:

ollama run qwen2.5:7b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 5.7 GB here). You have room for FP16, which is full quality: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

New to this? Step-by-step setup for the RTX 3090

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 24 GB the NVIDIA RTX 3090 can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality16.3 GBFits~37 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless9.2 GBFits~69 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent7.3 GBFits~90 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good6.5 GBFits~104 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular5.7 GBFits~122 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded4.8 GBFits~151 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded3.9 GBFits~197 tok/s

GPUs that run Qwen2.5 7B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 3090

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 3090 run Qwen2.5 7B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 3090 can run Qwen2.5 7B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 16.3 GB of the 24 GB available, at roughly 37 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Qwen2.5 7B need?

About 5.7 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 16.3 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Qwen2.5 7B on the NVIDIA RTX 3090?

Roughly 37 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 3090's 936 GB/s memory bandwidth.