Lmstudio Community Qwen3 Coder 30B A3b Instruct Mlx 8bit speed on RTX 4070 Ti and quantization-level VRAM fit.
RTX 4070 Ti does not meet the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Lmstudio Community Qwen3 Coder 30B A3b Instruct Mlx 8bit. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
RTX 4070 Ti lacks sufficient VRAM for comfortable Lmstudio Community Qwen3 Coder 30B A3b Instruct Mlx 8bit operation with Q4 quantization.
Your 12GB GPU is 3GB short of the 15GB minimum.
Options: (1) Try Q2 or Q3 quantization for lower VRAM requirements, (2) Consider cloud GPU rental, (3) Upgrade to a GPU with at least 16GB VRAM.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 15GB | 12GB | 106.31 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
| Q8 | 30GB | 12GB | 74.42 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
| FP16 | 60GB | 12GB | 40.40 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
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RTX 4070 Ti is not a comfortable Q4 fit for Lmstudio Community Qwen3 Coder 30B A3b Instruct Mlx 8bit (about 15GB needed).
Q4 inference is estimated to need about 15GB VRAM on this page, while RTX 4070 Ti has 12GB available.
Try lower-bit quantization, choose a smaller model, or move to a higher-VRAM GPU from the alternatives list.