Your rig
GeForce RTX 4080 · 16 GB
16 GB system RAM · Ada Lovelace · 717 GB/s · 14.4 GB usable VRAM
Which one should I actually run?
Best models for your GeForce RTX 4080
What do you want to do? Each row is the best-ranked model on that use case's shortlist that fits at Q5_K_M and 8K. The ordering is editorial; the sizes and speeds are computed. How the shortlists work.
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General assistantCodingReasoning & mathsWritingVisionAgents & tool useTranslationLow latencyLong context
| Recommendation | Model | Why | Quant · total | Tok/s est. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best overall | Gemma 4 12B Google · Apache 2.0 |
The 12 GB generalist: text, image and audio in, 140+ languages. | Q5_K_M · 9.3 GB | 55 | Runs great |
| Best for coding | Qwen3.5 9B Alibaba · Apache 2.0 |
The best coding model for 8–12 GB cards. | Q5_K_M · 7.2 GB | 68 | Runs great |
| Best reasoning | gpt-oss 20B OpenAI · Apache 2.0 |
Low/medium/high reasoning effort in 13 GB. | MXFP4 · 11.6 GB | 90 | Runs great |
| Best for writing | Gemma 4 12B Google · Apache 2.0 |
The 12 GB writing pick; 140+ languages. | Q5_K_M · 9.3 GB | 55 | Runs great |
| Best vision | Gemma 4 12B Google · Apache 2.0 |
Image and audio understanding on 12 GB. | Q5_K_M · 9.3 GB | 55 | Runs great |
| Best for agents | gpt-oss 20B OpenAI · Apache 2.0 |
Harmony-format tool calling, native 4-bit. | MXFP4 · 11.6 GB | 90 | Runs great |
| Best translation | Gemma 4 12B Google · Apache 2.0 |
Broad language coverage on a 12 GB card. | Q5_K_M · 9.3 GB | 55 | Runs great |
| Fastest good model | gpt-oss 20B OpenAI · Apache 2.0 |
3.6B active, native 4-bit. | MXFP4 · 11.6 GB | 90 | Runs great |
| Best long context | Qwen3.5 9B Alibaba · Apache 2.0 |
262K native in 8–12 GB. | Q5_K_M · 11.0 GB at 128K context |
68 | Runs great |
Everything that fits
Runs great
38 of 76 · fits with headroom for a longer prompt| Model | Params | Quant | Weights | +KV 8K | Total | VRAM headroom | Tok/s | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-oss 20B | 20.9B MoE / 3.6B act | MXFP4 | 10.8 GB | 0.19 GB | 11.6 GB |
2.8 GB free
|
90 | Ollama | Run |
| Qwen3 14B | 14.8B | Q5_K_M | 9.8 GB | 1.25 GB | 11.6 GB |
2.8 GB free
|
44 | Ollama | Run |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B | 14.8B | Q5_K_M | 9.8 GB | 1.50 GB | 11.9 GB |
2.5 GB free
|
44 | Ollama | Run |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B | 14.8B | Q5_K_M | 9.8 GB | 1.50 GB | 11.9 GB |
2.5 GB free
|
44 | Ollama | Run |
| Phi-4 14B | 14.7B | Q5_K_M | 9.7 GB | 1.56 GB | 11.9 GB |
2.5 GB free
|
45 | Ollama | Run |
| Ministral 3 14B | 13.9B | Q5_K_M | 9.2 GB | 1.25 GB | 11.0 GB |
3.4 GB free
|
47 | Ollama | Run |
| Gemma 3 12B | 12.2B | Q5_K_M | 8.1 GB | 0.81 GB | 9.5 GB |
4.9 GB free
|
54 | Ollama | Run |
| Mistral NeMo 12B | 12.2B | Q5_K_M | 8.1 GB | 1.25 GB | 9.9 GB |
4.5 GB free
|
54 | Ollama | Run |
| Gemma 4 12B | 12B | Q5_K_M | 7.9 GB | 0.81 GB | 9.3 GB |
5.1 GB free
|
55 | Ollama | Run |
| Qwen3.5 9B | 9.65B | Q5_K_M | 6.4 GB | 0.25 GB | 7.2 GB |
7.2 GB free
|
68 | Ollama | Run |
| Ornith 1.5 9B New this week | 9.41B | Q5_K_M | 6.2 GB | 0.25 GB | 7.1 GB |
7.3 GB free
|
70 | Ollama | Run |
| Ministral 3 8B | 8.92B | Q5_K_M | 5.9 GB | 1.06 GB | 7.6 GB |
6.8 GB free
|
74 | Ollama | Run |
| Granite 4.1 8B | 8.79B | Q5_K_M | 5.8 GB | 1.25 GB | 7.7 GB |
6.7 GB free
|
75 | Ollama | Run |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 8.47B MoE / 1.5B act | Q5_K_M | 5.6 GB | 0.09 GB | 6.3 GB |
8.1 GB free
|
169 | Ollama | Run |
| Fara 7B | 8.29B | Q5_K_M | 5.5 GB | 0.44 GB | 6.5 GB |
7.9 GB free
|
79 | llama.cpp | Run |
| Qwen3 8B | 8.19B | Q5_K_M | 5.4 GB | 1.13 GB | 7.1 GB |
7.3 GB free
|
80 | Ollama | Run |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | 8.03B | Q5_K_M | 5.3 GB | 1.00 GB | 6.9 GB |
7.5 GB free
|
82 | Ollama | Run |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 8.0B | Q5_K_M | 5.3 GB | 0.14 GB | 6.0 GB |
8.4 GB free
|
82 | Ollama | Run |
| Ling 3.0 Tiny 7.9B-A1.3B New | 7.9B MoE / 1.3B act | Q5_K_M | 5.2 GB | 0.05 GB | 5.9 GB |
8.5 GB free
|
195 | llama.cpp | Run |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 7B | 7.62B | Q5_K_M | 5.0 GB | 0.44 GB | 6.1 GB |
8.3 GB free
|
86 | Ollama | Run |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 7B | 7.62B | Q5_K_M | 5.0 GB | 0.44 GB | 6.1 GB |
8.3 GB free
|
86 | Ollama | Run |
| Olmo 3 7B Instruct | 7.3B | Q5_K_M | 4.8 GB | 2.50 GB | 7.9 GB |
6.5 GB free
|
90 | Ollama | Run |
| Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 | 7.25B | Q5_K_M | 4.8 GB | 1.00 GB | 6.4 GB |
8.0 GB free
|
91 | Ollama | Run |
| Gemma 4 E2B | 5.1B | Q5_K_M | 3.4 GB | 0.07 GB | 4.0 GB |
10.4 GB free
|
129 | Ollama | Run |
| Qwen3.5 4B | 4.66B | Q5_K_M | 3.1 GB | 0.25 GB | 3.9 GB |
10.5 GB free
|
141 | Ollama | Run |
| Gemma 3 4B | 4.3B | Q5_K_M | 2.8 GB | 0.30 GB | 3.7 GB |
10.7 GB free
|
153 | Ollama | Run |
| Qwen3 4B | 4.02B | Q5_K_M | 2.7 GB | 1.13 GB | 4.4 GB |
10.0 GB free
|
164 | Ollama | Run |
| Ministral 3 3B | 3.85B | Q5_K_M | 2.5 GB | 0.81 GB | 4.0 GB |
10.4 GB free
|
171 | Ollama | Run |
| Phi-4-mini 3.8B | 3.84B | Q5_K_M | 2.5 GB | 1.00 GB | 4.1 GB |
10.3 GB free
|
171 | Ollama | Run |
| Granite 4.1 3B | 3.4B | Q5_K_M | 2.2 GB | 0.63 GB | 3.5 GB |
10.9 GB free
|
193 | Ollama | Run |
| Llama 3.2 3B Instruct | 3.21B | Q5_K_M | 2.1 GB | 0.88 GB | 3.6 GB |
10.8 GB free
|
205 | Ollama | Run |
| LFM2.5 2.6B New | 2.7B | Q5_K_M | 1.8 GB | 0.13 GB | 2.5 GB |
11.9 GB free
|
244 | llama.cpp | Run |
| Qwen3.5 2B | 2.27B | Q5_K_M | 1.5 GB | 0.09 GB | 2.2 GB |
12.2 GB free
|
290 | Ollama | Run |
| Qwen3 1.7B | 1.72B | Q5_K_M | 1.1 GB | 0.88 GB | 2.6 GB |
11.8 GB free
|
382 | Ollama | Run |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | 1.24B | Q5_K_M | 0.8 GB | 0.25 GB | 1.7 GB |
12.7 GB free
|
530 | Ollama | Run |
| Gemma 3 1B | 1.0B | Q5_K_M | 0.7 GB | 0.04 GB | 1.3 GB |
13.1 GB free
|
658 | Ollama | Run |
| Qwen3.5 0.8B | 0.87B | Q5_K_M | 0.6 GB | 0.09 GB | 1.3 GB |
13.1 GB free
|
756 | Ollama | Run |
| Qwen3 0.6B | 0.6B | Q5_K_M | 0.4 GB | 0.88 GB | 1.9 GB |
12.5 GB free
|
1096 | Ollama | Run |
Won't fit in VRAM
38 models · some are possible with CPU offload| Model | Params | Quant | Weights | +KV 8K | Total | Over budget | Tok/s | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | 35.9B MoE / 3.3B act | Q5_K_M | 23.7 GB | 0.16 GB | 24.5 GB | +10.1 GB | ~14 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B New this week | 35.9B MoE / 3.3B act | Q5_K_M | 23.7 GB | 0.16 GB | 24.5 GB | +10.1 GB | ~14 | llama.cpp | Why |
| LLM-jp 4 33B Thinking New this week | 33.2B | Q5_K_M | 21.9 GB | 2.00 GB | 24.5 GB | +10.1 GB | ~3.3 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Qwen3 32B | 32.8B | Q5_K_M | 21.7 GB | 2.00 GB | 24.3 GB | +9.9 GB | ~3.4 | llama.cpp | Why |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 32B | 32.8B | Q5_K_M | 21.7 GB | 2.00 GB | 24.3 GB | +9.9 GB | ~3.4 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 32B | 32.8B | Q5_K_M | 21.7 GB | 2.00 GB | 24.3 GB | +9.9 GB | ~3.4 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct | 32.2B | Q5_K_M | 21.3 GB | 1.25 GB | 23.1 GB | +8.7 GB | ~3.7 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B New | 31.6B MoE / 3.2B act | Q5_K_M | 20.9 GB | 0.05 GB | 21.5 GB | +7.1 GB | ~17 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Gemma 4 31B | 31.3B | Q5_K_M | 20.7 GB | 2.03 GB | 23.3 GB | +8.9 GB | ~3.7 | llama.cpp | Why |
| GLM-4.7-Flash 30B-A3B | 31.2B MoE / 3B act | Q5_K_M | 20.6 GB | 0.41 GB | 21.6 GB | +7.2 GB | ~17 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Qwen3 30B-A3B | 30.5B MoE / 3.3B act | Q5_K_M | 20.1 GB | 0.75 GB | 21.5 GB | +7.1 GB | ~16 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | 30.5B MoE / 3.3B act | Q5_K_M | 20.1 GB | 0.75 GB | 21.5 GB | +7.1 GB | ~16 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Muse Glimmer 30B New | 29.8B | Q5_K_M | 19.7 GB | 0.18 GB | 20.4 GB | +6.0 GB | ~5.1 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Granite 4.1 30B | 28.9B | Q5_K_M | 19.1 GB | 2.00 GB | 21.7 GB | +7.3 GB | ~4.4 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Qwen3.8 27B New this week | 27.8B | Q5_K_M | 18.4 GB | 0.50 GB | 19.5 GB | +5.1 GB | ~5.9 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Qwen3.6 27B | 27.8B | Q5_K_M | 18.4 GB | 0.50 GB | 19.5 GB | +5.1 GB | ~5.9 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Gemma 3 27B | 27.4B | Q5_K_M | 18.1 GB | 1.03 GB | 19.7 GB | +5.3 GB | ~5.7 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 26.5B MoE / 3.8B act | Q5_K_M | 17.5 GB | 0.51 GB | 18.6 GB | +4.2 GB | ~18 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Devstral Small 2 24B | 24B | Q5_K_M | 15.8 GB | 1.25 GB | 17.7 GB | +3.3 GB | ~8.4 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | 23.6B | Q5_K_M | 15.6 GB | 1.25 GB | 17.4 GB | +3.0 GB | ~8.9 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Kimi K3 2.8T-A104B New | 2780B MoE / 104B act | Q5_K_M | 1835.0 GB | 0.21 GB | 1835.8 GB | +1821.4 GB | ~0.2 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B New | 2446B MoE / 95B act | Q5_K_M | 1614.5 GB | 0.72 GB | 1615.9 GB | +1601.5 GB | ~0.2 | llama.cpp | Why |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 1.6T-A49B New | 1650B MoE / 49B act | Q5_K_M | 1089.1 GB | 0.54 GB | 1090.3 GB | +1075.9 GB | ~0.4 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Kimi K2.6 1T-A32B | 1027B MoE / 32B act | Q5_K_M | 677.9 GB | 0.54 GB | 679.0 GB | +664.6 GB | ~0.7 | llama.cpp | Why |
| GLM-5.2 744B-A40B | 753B MoE / 40B act | Q5_K_M | 497.0 GB | 0.69 GB | 498.3 GB | +483.9 GB | ~0.5 | llama.cpp | Why |
| DeepSeek-R1 671B | 671B MoE / 37B act | Q5_K_M | 442.9 GB | 0.54 GB | 444.0 GB | +429.6 GB | ~0.6 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | 403B MoE / 17B act | Q5_K_M | 266.0 GB | 0.23 GB | 266.8 GB | +252.4 GB | ~1.3 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Ornith 1.5 397B-A17B New this week | 397B MoE / 17B act | Q5_K_M | 262.0 GB | 0.23 GB | 262.9 GB | +248.5 GB | ~1.3 | llama.cpp | Why |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 284B-A13B New | 284B MoE / 13B act | Q5_K_M | 187.5 GB | 0.38 GB | 188.4 GB | +174.0 GB | ~1.7 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Qwen3 235B-A22B | 235B MoE / 22B act | Q5_K_M | 155.1 GB | 1.47 GB | 157.2 GB | +142.8 GB | ~1.0 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | 125B MoE / 10B act | Q5_K_M | 82.5 GB | 0.19 GB | 83.3 GB | +68.9 GB | ~2.5 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B | 124B MoE / 12B act | Q5_K_M | 81.8 GB | 0.06 GB | 82.5 GB | +68.1 GB | ~2.1 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Ling 3.0 Flash 124B-A5B New | 124B MoE / 5.1B act | Q5_K_M | 81.8 GB | 0.06 GB | 82.5 GB | +68.1 GB | ~4.9 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Mistral Small 4 119B-A6B | 119B MoE / 6.5B act | Q5_K_M | 78.5 GB | 0.18 GB | 79.3 GB | +64.9 GB | ~3.9 | llama.cpp | Why |
| gpt-oss 120B | 117B MoE / 5.1B act | MXFP4 | 60.5 GB | 0.29 GB | 61.4 GB | +47.0 GB | ~6.6 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Llama 4 Scout 109B-A17B | 109B MoE / 17B act | Q5_K_M | 71.9 GB | 1.50 GB | 74.0 GB | +59.6 GB | ~1.5 | llama.cpp | Why |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | 70.6B | Q5_K_M | 46.6 GB | 2.50 GB | 49.7 GB | +35.3 GB | ~1.0 | llama.cpp | Why |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama 70B | 70.6B | Q5_K_M | 46.6 GB | 2.50 GB | 49.7 GB | +35.3 GB | ~1.0 | llama.cpp | Why |
Totals = quantised weights + f16 KV cache at 8K tokens + 0.6 GB runtime overhead, against 14.4 GB usable VRAM (16 GB less display and driver reserve). Tokens per second are estimated from 717 GB/s peak memory bandwidth at batch 1 — not measured. Read the method.