Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB runs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct excellently at 55 tok/s at Q8_0. This is a strong pairing.

Model Size

8.03B

Device VRAM

16 GB

Bandwidth

288 GB/s

Quantizations Tested

Performance by Quantization

Each row shows Llama 3.1 8B Instruct performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB.

Quantization	Speed	TTFT	Fits in VRAM	Rating	Confidence
Q8_0	55 tok/s	120ms	✓ Yes	Excellent	estimated

Notes

Q8_0

Full quality Q8 fits with 7GB headroom. Excellent everyday performance.

About Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (8.03B) is a chat, coding, ai coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Best-in-class 8B model. Strong general capabilities with excellent coding support. The go-to small model for local inference — fast, accurate, and well-supported across all inference engines.

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