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Home/gemma 2 2b it/on RTX 3080 10GB

Can it run?

Can RTX 3080 10GB run gemma 2 2b it?

CUsable

Runs well

Using Q6_K in Ollama

Capabilities:

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

369.8 tok/s

TTFT

524 ms

Safe context

34K

Memory

4.6 GB / 10.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights1.6 GB
KV Cache0.8 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom1.0 GB

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
Agentic CodingCRuns well369.8 tok/s761 ms69K
ChatCRuns well369.8 tok/s350 ms17K
CodingCRuns well369.8 tok/s524 ms34K
RAGCRuns well369.8 tok/s952 ms69K
ReasoningCRuns well369.8 tok/s619 ms34K

Quantization options

How gemma 2 2b it (2B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 3080 10GB (10.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
0.8 GB
LowD31
Q3_K_S
3
1.0 GB
LowD32
NVFP4
4
1.1 GB
MediumD32
Q4_K_M
4
1.2 GB
MediumD32
Q5_K_M
5
1.4 GB
HighD33
Q6_K
6
1.6 GB
HighD33
Q8_0
8
2.1 GB
Very HighD34
F16Best for your GPU
16
4.1 GB
MaximumD38

Get started

HuggingFace
huggingface-cli download hf-bartowski--gemma-2-2b-it-gguf

Upgrade options

Hardware that runs gemma 2 2b it well

AppleMacBook Pro M2 Pro 16GBBudget pick
C89.6 tok/s decode

~$1,999 MSRP

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