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Llama 3.2 1B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB runs Llama 3.2 1B Instruct excellently at 95 tok/s at Q8_0. This is a strong pairing.

Model Size

1.24B

Device VRAM

8 GB

Bandwidth

272 GB/s

Quantizations Tested

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Performance by Quantization

Each row shows Llama 3.2 1B Instruct performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB.

QuantizationSpeedTTFTFits in VRAMRatingConfidence
Q8_095 tok/s60ms✓ YesExcellentestimated

Notes

Q8_0

1.24B model. Q8_0 1.5GB fits easily. Near-instant for 8GB.

About Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct (1.24B) is a chat, coding model. The smallest Llama model. Runs on integrated GPUs and even CPUs. Useful for basic classification, simple Q&A, and as a draft model for speculative decoding. Limited reasoning capability.

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

Data last updated: 2026-03-15