Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB handles Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct well at 33 tok/s at Q5_K_M. A solid choice for this model.
Model Size
7.62B
Device VRAM
12 GB
Bandwidth
360 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5_K_M | 33 tok/s | 185ms | ✓ Yes | Good | estimated |
Notes
Q5_K_M
Similar performance to Llama 8B and Mistral 7B at this size class.
About Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct
Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct (7.62B) is a chat, coding, ai coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Strong 7B model from Alibaba with 128K context window support. Competitive with Llama 3.1 8B across benchmarks. Apache 2.0 license. Excellent multilingual support.
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB has 12 GB at 360 GB/s. Street price: $269.
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Source: Community benchmarks (2026-01-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01