Gemma 2 9B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB runs Gemma 2 9B Instruct excellently at 48 tok/s at Q5_K_M. This is a strong pairing.
Model Size
9.24B
Device VRAM
12 GB
Bandwidth
504 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows Gemma 2 9B Instruct performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5_K_M | 48 tok/s | 130ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
Q5_K_M
Q5_K_M 6.6GB fits with 5.4GB headroom. 504 GB/s delivers good throughput.
About Gemma 2 9B Instruct
Gemma 2 9B Instruct (9.24B) is a chat, coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Google's 9B model with strong knowledge distillation. Competitive with Llama 3.1 8B on most benchmarks. Shorter max context (8K) is the main limitation vs Llama.
View all Gemma 2 9B Instruct hardware options →About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB has 12 GB at 504 GB/s. Street price: $749.
See all models NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB can run →Source: Performance estimates based on model size and device bandwidth (2026-03-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01