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Code Llama 34B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB cannot run Code Llama 34B Instruct at any quantization level. The 10 GB of VRAM is insufficient.

Model Size

33.7B

Device VRAM

10 GB

Bandwidth

760 GB/s

Quantizations Tested

1

Performance by Quantization

Each row shows Code Llama 34B Instruct performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB.

QuantizationSpeedTTFTFits in VRAMRatingConfidence
Q2_K✗ OffloadNot Viableestimated

Notes

Q2_K

34B doesn't fit in 10GB.

About Code Llama 34B Instruct

Code Llama 34B Instruct (33.7B) is a coding, ai coding model. Meta's dedicated 34B coding model. Still competitive for code generation but being surpassed by newer models like Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B. Shorter context window (16K) is a limitation for large codebases.

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About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB has 10 GB at 760 GB/s. Street price: $399.

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Source: Performance estimates based on model size and device bandwidth (2026-03-15)

Data last updated: 2026-03-01