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Can the NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super run Granite 3.3 8B?

RTX 4070 Ti Super × Granite 3.3 8B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q8_010.6 GB of 16 GB
Weights 8.7 GBKV cache 1.3 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ8_0Near-lossless
Speed~46tokens per second
Max context39Ktokens that fit at Q8_0
  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 4070 Ti Super can run Granite 3.3 8B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 10.6 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 46 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Granite 3.3 8B:

ollama run granite3.3:8b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 6.9 GB here). You have room for Q8_0, which is near-lossless: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 16 GB the NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality18.3 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless10.6 GBFits~46 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent8.6 GBFits~60 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good7.8 GBFits~69 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular6.9 GBFits~81 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded5.9 GBFits~101 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded5 GBFits~132 tok/s

Measured speed from real RTX 4070 Ti Super owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Granite 3.3 8B on the NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an RTX 4070 Ti Super? Add your real speed

One command times Granite 3.3 8B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh -s -- granite3.3:8b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="granite3.3:8b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Granite 3.3 8B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super run Granite 3.3 8B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super can run Granite 3.3 8B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 10.6 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 46 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Granite 3.3 8B need?

About 6.9 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 18.3 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Granite 3.3 8B on the NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super?

Roughly 46 tokens per second at Q8_0, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super's 672 GB/s memory bandwidth.