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Can Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct run on NVIDIA RTX 3070 8 GB?
Can it run? Yes, with CPU/RAM offload. Full GPU fit? No.
Can it run?
- Can it run?
- Yes, with CPU/RAM offload. This is not equivalent to full-GPU inference.
- Full GPU fit?
- No
- Model
- Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct · 31B
- GPU
- NVIDIA RTX 3070 8 GB · 8 GB advertised
What else can NVIDIA RTX 3070 8 GB run? · Find other GPUs for Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct · See 2× multi-GPU options
Memory calculation
Breakdown for Q4 at 8K context, batch size 1. Calculator v1.0.0.
| Model weights | 17.9 GB |
|---|---|
| KV cache | 0.8 GB |
| Runtime reserve | 1.4 GB |
| Safety margin | 0.8 GB |
| Required (estimated) | 20.8 GB |
| GPU usable VRAM | 7.2 GB |
Result: CPU RAM OFFLOAD REQUIRED
Quantization table
| Quantization | 2K | 4K | 8K | 16K | 32K | 64K | 128K | 256K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF16 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| FP16 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q3 | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload |
| Q4 | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload |
| Q5 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q6 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q8 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
What fits entirely in VRAM?
No calculated full-VRAM fit at the evaluated quantizations and context lengths.
What requires RAM offload?
Weights may run with CPU/RAM offload. That is not equivalent to full-GPU inference. Performance numbers below are only published for full-VRAM fits.
Performance
No llama.cpp performance result is published for this pair yet. Memory fit above is unchanged. How performance is calculated
Available graphics cards
These SKUs use this GPU chip. Amazon CTAs appear only for EXACT/HIGH matches. Absence of a price does not change the compatibility result above.
GIGABYTE GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 OC 8G NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$595.00
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MSI GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 X TRIO NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$411.02
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ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$339.22
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ASUS Dual -RTX3070-O8G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$315.40
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GIGABYTE EAGLE GV-N3070EAGLE OC-8GD graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$394.02
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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 VISION OC 8G NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$695.00
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ASUS Dual -RTX3070-O8G-V2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$319.99
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ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX3070-O8G-V2-GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$319.22
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GIGABYTE EAGLE GV-N3070EAGLE-8GD graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$394.02
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MSI VENTUS GeForce RTX 3070 3X PLUS 8G OC LHR NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$690.98
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MSI VENTUS RTX 3070 3X 8G OC LHR graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$695.00
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MSI VENTUS GeForce RTX 3070 2X OC NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$309.99
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 MASTER 8G NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon unmatched
ASUS ROG -STRIX-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon unmatched
GIGABYTE GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 OC 8G (rev. 2.0) NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon unmatched
Sources
Model: official config Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct (main). GPU/product specs: Icecat. Compatibility: RigForAI calculator v1.0.0 estimated VRAM · Q8 at 8K: DOES_NOT_FIT. Amazon: affiliate commerce match, not a spec source.