Hardware field guide

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB

Name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB local model estimates
Creator: Web Asset House

16 GiB listed memory; 14.4 GiB default usable budget. Graphics card only; a compatible host computer is required.

Listed memory capacity16 GiB

Listed bandwidth960 GB/s

Power reference360 W

Approximate USD reference$999

GPU only: historical launch reference (2025-01-06). Manufacturer launch starting price published 2025-01-06. Point reference, not current street pricing, not a guaranteed offer, and not the cost of a complete computer. Host, RAM, storage, PSU, cooling and tax excluded. Price source

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Graphics card component only; a compatible complete host computer is required.
Published power is card TGP/TBP, not whole-system wall power.
Board-partner cooling, connectors, clocks and power can differ.
Historical launch price does not establish present availability or market value.

Models to investigate by task.

Capacity-qualified choices, ordered by recorded downloads. This is a shortlist for testing, not a quality ranking.

Chat and general use

Qwen3-0.6B · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget
Qwen3-4B · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget
Qwen3-14B · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget
Qwen3-8B · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget
Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget

Code-focused models

Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget
Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget
Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget
Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-Instruct · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget
deepseek-coder-6.7b-instruct · at least one recorded quantization fits the estimated budget

Vision models

No supported memory-fit recommendation in this snapshot. Additional architecture or vision-memory evidence may be needed.

Model compatibility at a glance.

Q4_K_M where recorded, otherwise the first available format; up to 4,096 tokens
Model / quantization	Required memory	Fit estimate	Estimated generation
Qwen3-0.6BQ4_K_M	1.81 GiB	fits	968.0–1935.9 estimated tokens/s
Qwen3-4BQ4_K_M	3.89 GiB	fits	153.8–307.5 estimated tokens/s
gemma-4-26B-A4B-itQ8_0	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-14BQ4_K_M	10.01 GiB	fits	42.7–85.3 estimated tokens/s
gemma-4-31B-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-8BQ4_K_M	6.24 GiB	fits	76.4–152.8 estimated tokens/s
Qwen3.8-27BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3.5-4BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3.5-9BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-7B-InstructQ4_K_M	5.58 GiB	fits	82.0–164.0 estimated tokens/s
GLM-5.3-FlashQ8_0	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
gpt-oss-20bQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-0.5B-InstructQ4_K_M	1.50 GiB	fits	781.4–1562.9 estimated tokens/s
DeepSeek-V3.2Q4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Llama-3.1-8B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-VL-7B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-1.5B-InstructQ4_K_M	2.15 GiB	fits	343.7–687.4 estimated tokens/s
Qwen3-VL-8B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Llama-3.2-1B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-1.7BQ4_K_M	2.47 GiB	fits	346.8–693.5 estimated tokens/s
Qwen2.5-3B-InstructQ4_K_M	3.10 GiB	fits	182.4–364.9 estimated tokens/s
Qwen3.6-35B-A3BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-VL-4B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3.5-0.8BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
gpt-oss-120bQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3.5-2BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-32BQ4_K_M	20.40 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3.8-Flash-NextQ8_0	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507Q4_K_M	3.89 GiB	fits	153.8–307.5 estimated tokens/s
Qwen3.6-27BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-VL-2B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
GLM-5.3Q8_0	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-VL-3B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3.5-27BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-InstructQ4_K_M	10.12 GiB	fits	42.7–85.4 estimated tokens/s
Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-InstructQ4_K_M	5.58 GiB	fits	82.0–164.0 estimated tokens/s
SmolVLM2-500M-Video-InstructQ8_0	1.56 GiB	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3.5-35B-A3BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-R1Q4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5BQ4_K_M	2.15 GiB	fits	343.7–687.4 estimated tokens/s
gemma-3-1b-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
SmolLM2-135M-InstructQ4_K_M	1.19 GiB	fits	3641.4–7282.8 estimated tokens/s
Qwen2-VL-2B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Llama-3.2-3B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507Q4_K_M	18.66 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-30B-A3BQ4_K_M	18.66 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
gemma-3-4b-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
GLM-4.7-FlashQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
GLM-5Q4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
MiniMax-M2.5Q4_K_M	130.81 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-V3-0324Q4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-14B-InstructQ4_K_M	10.12 GiB	fits	42.7–85.4 estimated tokens/s
GLM-4.5-AirQ4_K_M	69.68 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-VL-32B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3.5-122B-A10BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
SmolLM3-3BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3.5-397B-A17BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
diffusiongemma-26B-A4B-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-4.1-3bQ4_K_M	3.27 GiB	fits	182.9–365.8 estimated tokens/s
Qwen3-4B-Thinking-2507Q4_K_M	3.89 GiB	fits	153.8–307.5 estimated tokens/s
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-InstructQ4_K_M	18.66 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
GLM-5.1Q8_0	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-InstructQ4_K_M	20.49 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
gemma-2-9b-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-Coder-NextQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Olmo-3-7B-ThinkQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
medgemma-4b-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
MiniMax-M2.7Q8_0	228.41 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Lite-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-InstructQ4_K_M	3.10 GiB	fits	182.4–364.9 estimated tokens/s
Qwen3-235B-A22BQ4_K_M	134.13 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-InstructQ4_K_M	2.15 GiB	fits	343.7–687.4 estimated tokens/s
Meta-Llama-3-8B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8BQ4_K_M	6.24 GiB	fits	76.4–152.8 estimated tokens/s
phi-4Q4_K_M	10.06 GiB	fits	43.2–86.4 estimated tokens/s
Kimi-K2-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
gemma-3-27b-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Phi-4-mini-instructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BQ4_K_M	20.49 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7BQ4_K_M	5.58 GiB	fits	82.0–164.0 estimated tokens/s
gemma-3-12b-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
GLM-5.2Q8_0	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-3.3-2b-instructQ4_K_M	2.75 GiB	fits	248.5–497.0 estimated tokens/s
Olmo-3-7B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-V3.1Q4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14BQ4_K_M	10.12 GiB	fits	42.7–85.4 estimated tokens/s
Kimi-K2.5Q4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-InstructQ4_K_M	18.66 GiB	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
SmolLM2-1.7B-InstructQ4_K_M	2.73 GiB	fits	363.8–727.5 estimated tokens/s
SmolVLM-256M-InstructQ8_0	1.25 GiB	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Llama-3.3-70B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-VL-32B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
MiniMax-M3Q8_0	423.93 GiB	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
SmolLM2-360M-InstructQ4_K_M	1.41 GiB	fits	1419.1–2838.2 estimated tokens/s
DeepSeek-R1-0528Q4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Meta-Llama-3-8BQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507Q4_K_M	134.13 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-vision-4.1-4bQ4_K_M	3.27 GiB	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
MiniMax-M2Q4_K_M	130.81 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8BQ4_K_M	6.08 GiB	fits	78.0–156.1 estimated tokens/s
Llama-3_3-Nemotron-Super-49B-v1_5Q4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
GLM-4.5Q4_K_M	204.03 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
SmolVLM2-2.2B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
gemma-3n-E2B-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
GLM-4.1V-9B-ThinkingQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
medgemma-1.5-4b-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-4.1-8bQ4_K_M	6.61 GiB	fits	71.8–143.6 estimated tokens/s
SmolVLM-500M-InstructQ8_0	1.56 GiB	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Llama-3.1-70B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
GLM-4.6V-FlashQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-3.3-8b-instructQ4_K_M	6.23 GiB	fits	77.7–155.4 estimated tokens/s
granite-4.2-8bQ4_K_M	6.61 GiB	fits	71.8–143.6 estimated tokens/s
GLM-4.7Q4_K_M	204.03 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-1MQ4_K_M	5.58 GiB	fits	82.0–164.0 estimated tokens/s
olmOCR-2-7B-1025Q4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
gemma-3-270m-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-guardian-4.1-8bQ4_K_M	6.39 GiB	fits	75.0–150.1 estimated tokens/s
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507Q4_K_M	18.66 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
Kimi-K2-ThinkingQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-4.2-3bQ4_K_M	3.40 GiB	fits	171.1–342.2 estimated tokens/s
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BQ4_K_M	41.85 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
Phi-4-mini-reasoningQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-4.2-30bQ4_K_M	18.50 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-ThinkingQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
SmolVLM2-256M-Video-InstructQ4_K_M	1.21 GiB	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-4.0-h-tinyQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
deepseek-coder-6.7b-instructQ4_K_M	6.80 GiB	fits	94.1–188.1 estimated tokens/s
granite-4.0-h-smallQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-4.0-350mQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-4.0-microQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
GLM-4.6Q4_K_M	203.21 GiB	doesn't fit	Estimated speed unavailable
gpt-oss-safeguard-20bQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Olmo-3.1-32B-InstructQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Olmo-3-32B-ThinkQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
DeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
granite-4.0-1bQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
OLMoE-1B-7B-0924-InstructQ4_K_M	5.42 GiB	fits	Estimated speed unavailable
gemma-3n-E4B-itQ4_K_M	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3BQ8_0	Unknown	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable
GLM-4.6VQ4_K_M	67.44 GiB	Needs verification	Estimated speed unavailable

Field-level sources and verification dates

name: Official source · verified 2026-10-22. Manufacturer specification for the named configuration.
memoryGB: Official source · verified 2026-10-22. Manufacturer specification for the named configuration.
bandwidthGBps: Official source · verified 2026-10-22. Manufacturer specification for the named configuration.
powerWatts: Official source · verified 2026-10-22. Manufacturer specification for the named configuration.
kind: Official source · verified 2026-10-22. Catalogue classification from manufacturer architecture; unified indicates a shared CPU/GPU memory pool.
usableMemoryFraction: Official source · verified 2026-10-22. Editorial planning assumption: reserve 10% of installed memory. Not a manufacturer guarantee or measured GPU allocation. OS, drivers and runtime can impose a lower limit.
hostMemoryGB: Official source · verified 2026-10-22. Unknown separate host-memory configuration. Null also avoids double counting a unified system memory pool.
hostBandwidthGBps: Official source · verified 2026-10-22. Unknown separate host-memory bandwidth. Unified memory is already represented by bandwidthGBps.
gpuCount: Official source · verified 2026-10-22. One physical accelerator or unified SoC represented by this entry.
priceUSD: Official source · verified 2026-10-22. Manufacturer launch starting price published 2025-01-06. Point reference, not current street pricing, not a guaranteed offer, and not the cost of a complete computer. Host, RAM, storage, PSU, cooling and tax excluded.