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Can the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Gemma 2 9B?

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB × Gemma 2 9B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q8_013.2 GB of 16 GB
Weights 9.8 GBKV cache 2.8 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ8_0Near-lossless
Memory13.2 GBof 16 GB usable
Speed~27tokens 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 5060 Ti 16GB can run Gemma 2 9B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 13.2 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 27 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Gemma 2 9B:

ollama run gemma2:9b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 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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Run it in the cloud

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 16 GB the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality21.9 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless13.2 GBFits~27 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent11 GBFits~35 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good10 GBFits~41 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular9 GBFits~48 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded7.9 GBFits~60 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded6.9 GBFits~78 tok/s

Measured speed from real RTX 5060 Ti 16GB owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Gemma 2 9B on the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB? Add your real speed

One command times Gemma 2 9B 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 -- gemma2:9b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="gemma2:9b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Gemma 2 9B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Gemma 2 9B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB can run Gemma 2 9B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 13.2 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 27 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Gemma 2 9B need?

About 9 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 21.9 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Gemma 2 9B on the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?

Roughly 27 tokens per second at Q8_0, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB's 448 GB/s memory bandwidth.