Qwen Qwen2.5 3B Instruct speed on RTX 4080 and quantization-level VRAM fit.
RTX 4080 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen Qwen2.5 3B Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
RTX 4080 can run Qwen Qwen2.5 3B Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 147 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 14GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 2GB | 16GB | 147.29 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 3GB | 16GB | 103.11 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 6GB | 16GB | 55.97 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
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Compare prebuilt systems →RTX 4080 can run Qwen Qwen2.5 3B Instruct at Q4 with an estimated 147 tok/s.
Q4 inference is estimated to need about 2GB VRAM on this page, while RTX 4080 has 16GB available.
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