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Code Llama 34B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB cannot run Code Llama 34B Instruct at any quantization level. The 8 GB of VRAM is insufficient.

Model Size

33.7B

Device VRAM

8 GB

Bandwidth

272 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 4060 8GB.

QuantizationSpeedTTFTFits in VRAMRatingConfidence
Q2_K✗ OffloadNot Viableestimated

Notes

Q2_K

33.7B params. Minimum quantizations still exceed 8GB.

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 4060 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB has 8 GB at 272 GB/s. Street price: $289.

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Source: 34B model exceeds 8GB even at Q2_K (2026-03-15)

Data last updated: 2026-03-01