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Compatibility Report

Qwen3-8B Instruct on NVIDIA RTX 4060 Laptop (40-60W)

RTX 4060 Laptop (40-60W) runs Qwen3-8B Instruct at Q5_K_M — 14 tok/s. Usable on 8 GB VRAM — see full quantization options below.

Model Size

8.2B

Device VRAM

8 GB

Bandwidth

256 GB/s

Quantization

Q5_K_M

Benchmarks

Performance by Quantization

OwnRig currently has one published compatibility entry for Qwen3-8B Instruct on NVIDIA RTX 4060 Laptop (40-60W) at Q5_K_M. This is the best supported pairing we can stand behind today.

QuantizationSpeedTTFTFits in VRAMRatingConfidence
Q5_K_M14 tok/s457ms✓ YesAcceptableestimated

Notes

Q5_K_M

Estimated from qwen-2-5-7b benchmarks.

About Qwen3-8B Instruct

Qwen3-8B Instruct (8.2B) is a chat, coding, ai coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Qwen 3 dense 8B instruct from Alibaba (~8.2B parameters, ~6.95B non-embedding). Capable chat, coding, and reasoning; 32K default context with 128K max. Apache 2.0.

View all Qwen3-8B Instruct hardware options →

About NVIDIA RTX 4060 Laptop (40-60W)

NVIDIA RTX 4060 Laptop (40-60W) has 8 GB at 256 GB/s. Street price: $0.

See all models NVIDIA RTX 4060 Laptop (40-60W) can run →

Estimate method: Estimated from comparable model benchmarks. Reference hardware source: github.com (2026-03-14)

Performance varies by driver version, inference engine, quantization method, context length, and system configuration. Figures shown are estimates based on community benchmarks and may not reflect your exact setup. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners. OwnRig is independent and not affiliated with any hardware or AI model provider.