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Code Llama 34B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB cannot run Code Llama 34B Instruct at any quantization level. The 12 GB of VRAM is insufficient.

Model Size

33.7B

Device VRAM

12 GB

Bandwidth

504 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 4070 Ti 12GB.

QuantizationSpeedTTFTFits in VRAMRatingConfidence
Q2_K✗ OffloadNot Viableestimated

Notes

Q2_K

Requires 16GB+ for viable quality.

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 4070 Ti 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB has 12 GB at 504 GB/s. Street price: $749.

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Source: 34B model exceeds 12GB even at aggressive quantization (2026-03-15)

Data last updated: 2026-03-01