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Which AI models run on the RTX 3090 Ti (24 GB)?

The RTX 3090 Ti (24 GB) has 24 GB of memory, about 23 GB of it usable for a model, and 1008 GB/s of memory bandwidth. 80 of the 110 models in our catalog run on it at 4-bit or better.

Data as of 2 November 2026

Compare with other machines
24 GBmemory ~23 GB usable for a model
1008 GB/sbandwidth, sets the speed
80models run at 4-bit or better
Our pick for this machine Gemma 4 31B Q4_K_M · 21 of 23 GB · ~39 tok/s ModelFit est. The largest model on our shortlist of current models that runs at 4-bit or better and 10 tok/s or more.

Models that run on it

ModelBest buildMemorySpeed
Gemma 4 31B30.7BQ4_K_M21 GB~39 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B30.5B MoEQ4_K_M20 GB~175 tok/s ModelFit est.
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B30B MoEQ4_K_M19.6 GB~305 tok/s our est.
Qwen3.8-27B27.3BQ4_K_M17.9 GB~48 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 4 26B-A4B25.2B MoEQ4_K_M17.4 GB~156 tok/s ModelFit est.
gpt-oss-20b21B MoEMXFP415.1 GB~157 tok/s ModelFit est.
Nemotron Nano 9B v29BFP1619.4 GB~31 tok/s our est.
Qwen3.5 9B Instruct9BQ8_012.0 GB~86 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct7BQ4_K_M6.6 GB~143 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 3 4B Instruct4BQ8_05.0 GB~149 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Instruct35B MoEQ4_K_M21 GB~223 tok/s ModelFit est.
Ornith 1.0 35B35BQ4_K_M23 GB~223 tok/s ModelFit est.
Nanbeige4.3 33B33.1BQ4_K_M22 GBno estimate
Laguna XS 2.133BQ4_K_M22 GB~209 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen3 32B32BQ4_K_M22 GB~38 tok/s ModelFit est.
DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 32B32BQ4_K_M21 GB~39 tok/s ModelFit est.
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct32BQ4_K_M21 GB~39 tok/s ModelFit est.
Cohere North Mini Code30BQ4_K_M20 GBno estimate
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B30B MoEIQ4_XS20 GB~293 tok/s our est.
GLM-4.7-Flash 30B-A3B30B MoEQ4_K_M20 GB~165 tok/s ModelFit est.
Granite Switch 4.1 30B30BQ4_K_M23 GBno estimate
Muse Glimmer 30B29.8BQ4_K_M18.3 GB~49 tok/s ModelFit est.
Granite 4.2 30B29.3BQ4_K_M17.9 GB~43 tok/s ModelFit est.
AREX-2 27B27.4BQ4_K_M18.6 GB~47 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 2 27B Instruct27BQ4_K_M23 GB~43 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 3 27B Instruct27BQ4_K_M23 GB~45 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen3.5 27B Instruct27BQ4_K_M17.4 GB~49 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen3.6 27B27BQ4_K_M19.4 GB~48 tok/s ModelFit est.
Jebadiah 27B27BQ5_K_M21 GB~42 tok/s ModelFit est.
Mistral Small 3.124BQ4_K_M16.4 GB~37 tok/s our est.
LFM2 24B-A2B Instruct24B MoEQ4_K_M15.3 GB~236 tok/s ModelFit est.
Devstral Small 2 24B24BQ4_K_M16.6 GB~51 tok/s ModelFit est.
Mistral Small 22B22BQ4_K_M18.4 GB~57 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct14BQ4_K_M12.3 GB~79 tok/s ModelFit est.
Phi-3 Medium 14B14BQ4_K_M12.3 GB~50 tok/s our est.
Phi-4 14B14BQ8_015.9 GB~49 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen2.5 Coder 14B14BQ4_K_M12.3 GB~79 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen3 14B14BQ8_017.3 GB~50 tok/s ModelFit est.
DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 14B14BQ8_016.0 GB~50 tok/s ModelFit est.
Ministral 3 14B13.5BQ4_K_M10.3 GB~79 tok/s ModelFit est.
Mellum2.1 12B-A2.5B Thinking12.1B MoEQ4_K_M9.3 GB~331 tok/s our est.
Mistral Nemo 12B12BQ8_013.4 GB~59 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 3 12B Instruct12BQ4_K_M10.7 GB~91 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 4 12B12BQ8_014.1 GB~58 tok/s ModelFit est.
GLM-4-9B-Chat9.4BQ8_011.2 GB~78 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 2 9B Instruct9BQ4_K_M8.2 GB~99 tok/s ModelFit est.
Ornith 1.0 9B9BQ4_K_M6.7 GB~132 tok/s ModelFit est.
MiMo-V2.6-Distill-Qwen-9B9BQ4_K_M6.9 GB~128 tok/s ModelFit est.
Jebadiah 9B9BQ8_011.0 GB~84 tok/s ModelFit est.
Granite 4.2 8B8.8BQ4_K_M6.1 GB~119 tok/s ModelFit est.
Granite Switch 4.1 8B8.8BQ4_K_M7.6 GB~100 tok/s ModelFit est.
MiniCPM-V 4.5 8B8.7BQ4_K_M6.8 GB~128 tok/s ModelFit est.
Ministral 3 8B8.4BQ4_K_M7.1 GB~112 tok/s ModelFit est.
LFM2.5 8B-A1B8.3B MoEQ4_K_M6.6 GB~281 tok/s ModelFit est.
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct8BQ8_09.2 GB~86 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen3 8B8BQ8_09.3 GB~83 tok/s ModelFit est.
Granite 4.1 8B Instruct8BQ4_K_M6.6 GB~115 tok/s ModelFit est.
Mistral 7B Instruct7BQ8_08.4 GB~90 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen2.5 Coder 7B7BQ4_K_M6.6 GB~143 tok/s ModelFit est.
DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 7B7BQ8_08.7 GB~93 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 4 E4B4.5BQ8_08.7 GB~132 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen3.5 4B Instruct4BQ8_05.4 GB~142 tok/s ModelFit est.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B4BQ4_K_M9.1 GB~161 tok/s ModelFit est.
Phi-3 Mini 3.8B3.8BQ4_K_M4.3 GB~173 tok/s our est.
Phi-4 Mini 3.8B3.8BQ8_04.9 GB~141 tok/s ModelFit est.
Granite 4.2 3B3.7BQ4_K_M3.2 GB~224 tok/s ModelFit est.
Ministral 3 3B3.4BQ4_K_M4.1 GB~178 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen2.5 3B Instruct3BQ4_K_M3.6 GB~246 tok/s ModelFit est.
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct3BQ4_K_M3.6 GB~219 tok/s ModelFit est.
Granite 4.1 3B Instruct3BQ4_K_M3.0 GB~223 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 4 E2B2.3BQ8_05.7 GB~246 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 2 2B Instruct2BQ4_K_M2.8 GB~241 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen3.5 2B Instruct2BQ4_K_M2.8 GB~248 tok/s ModelFit est.
LFM3 1.7B1.73BQ4_K_M2.1 GB~338 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen2.5 1.5B Instruct1.5BQ4_K_M2.5 GB~344 tok/s ModelFit est.
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct1BQ4_K_M2.0 GB~368 tok/s ModelFit est.
Gemma 3 1B Instruct1BQ8_02.0 GB~346 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen3.5 0.8B Instruct0.8BQ4_K_M1.8 GB~382 tok/s ModelFit est.
Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct0.5BQ4_K_M1.8 GB~470 tok/s ModelFit est.
SmolLM2 360M0.36BQ4_K_M1.5 GB~376 tok/s ModelFit est.

Speeds come from ModelFit's estimates (CC BY 4.0) where it covers the model, otherwise from our bandwidth formula. Method

Fits only at 3-bit or lower

Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B.

Too big for this machine

Sage-A1.5 (23 GB), Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (24 GB), Qwen3 30B (24 GB), Flint 40B-A2.5B (24 GB), Poolside Laguna XS.2 (25 GB), NVIDIA Nemotron Cascade 2 30B-A3B (26 GB), Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (32 GB), Llama 3.3 70B (44 GB), Llama 3.1 70B Instruct (44 GB), DeepSeek-R1 Distill Llama 70B (44 GB), Kolibri 1 (46 GB), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (53 GB) and more.

Questions

What is the best AI model for the RTX 3090 Ti (24 GB)?

Gemma 4 31B at Q4_K_M: the largest model on our shortlist of current models that runs at 4-bit or better at a usable speed (about 39 tok/s, ModelFit est.).

How much memory can a model use on the RTX 3090 Ti (24 GB)?

About 23 GB of the 24 GB.

How fast is the RTX 3090 Ti (24 GB) for local LLMs?

Decode speed is limited by memory bandwidth: 1008 GB/s. A model that reads 10 GB per token runs at under 101 tokens per second.