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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB cannot run Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at any quantization level. The 12 GB of VRAM is insufficient.

Model Size

70.6B

Device VRAM

12 GB

Bandwidth

504 GB/s

Quantizations Tested

1

Performance by Quantization

Each row shows Llama 3.3 70B 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 48GB+ for viable quality.

About Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (70.6B) is a chat, coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Flagship Llama 3.3 model with best-in-class general and coding performance.

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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: 70B model exceeds 12GB (2026-03-15)

Data last updated: 2026-03-15