Can the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB run Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct?
Yes. The Q4_K_M GGUF of Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is 4.92 GB (source). With our 1.5 GB allowance for runtime and short-context cache it needs about 6.4 GB, leaving 1.6 GB of the card's 8 GB free. Expected speed: ~69 tok/s estimate. Lowest tracked price: low $450, avg $809 (new) source, 2026-10-16, which works out to $7 per tok/s (#5 of 18 priced GPUs that fit this model).
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Speed is a bandwidth-based estimate (448 GB/s, TechPowerUp), not a benchmark. Long contexts need more memory than our allowance.
Tight fit: under 3 GB spare means long prompts or a bigger context window may not fit. Consider a smaller quant or a card with more VRAM.
Next size up: NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 (6.53 GB at Q4_K_M) needs ~8 GB and does not fit on one NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB. See what runs NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2.
Every priced GPU that runs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct, by cost per token/sec
| GPU | VRAM | Speed estimate | Low price | $ per tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Arc B580 | 12 GB | ~70 tok/s | $330 (new) | $5 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | 8 GB | ~69 tok/s | $410 (new) | $6 |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 | 16 GB | ~100 tok/s | $570 (new) | $6 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 16 GB | ~96 tok/s | $599 (new) | $6 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB | 8 GB | ~69 tok/s | $450 (new) | $7 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | 16 GB | ~138 tok/s | $1,120 (new) | $8 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | 12 GB | ~104 tok/s | $800 (new) | $8 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB | 12 GB | ~56 tok/s | $455 (used) | $8 |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 16 GB | ~100 tok/s | $810 (new) | $8 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | 24 GB | ~148 tok/s | $1,350 (new) | $9 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 16 GB | ~148 tok/s | $1,600 (new) | $11 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB | 16 GB | ~69 tok/s | $780 (new) | $11 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 12 GB | ~78 tok/s | $966 (used) | $12 |
| AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 16 GB | ~50 tok/s | $620 (new) | $12 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | 24 GB | ~145 tok/s | $1,889 (used) | $13 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | 24 GB | ~156 tok/s | $3,200 (used) | $21 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | 32 GB | ~277 tok/s | $6,500 (new) | $23 |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 | 48 GB | ~119 tok/s | $6,170 (new) | $52 |
Prices: picksbycard read of Newegg listings, 2026-10-16. Prices move daily.
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