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Can I run Gemma 2 9B on an RTX 5080?
Yes, fully in VRAM (estimate)
Can I run Gemma 2 9B on an RTX 5080? Yes, fully in VRAM (estimate). About 8.5 GB at Q4_K_M (estimate).
Updated . The later of the hardware price date and the formula date.
| Quant | Context | Weights | KV | Overhead | Total | Usable | Fit | Est. tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 Q4_K_M | 8,192 tokens | 5.5 GB estimate | 2.1 GB estimate | 0.8 GB estimate | 8.5 GB estimate | 15.4 GB estimate | full | 96 tok/s estimate |
| Q5 Q5 (~0.71 bytes/param) | 8,192 tokens | 6.6 GB estimate | 2.1 GB estimate | 0.8 GB estimate | 9.5 GB estimate | 15.4 GB estimate | full | 85 tok/s estimate |
| Q8 Q8 | 8,192 tokens | 9.9 GB estimate | 2.1 GB estimate | 0.8 GB estimate | 12.8 GB estimate | 15.4 GB estimate | full | 62 tok/s estimate |
| FP16 FP16 | 8,192 tokens | 18.5 GB estimate | 2.1 GB estimate | 0.8 GB estimate | 21.4 GB estimate | 15.4 GB estimate | no | — |
| Q4, longer context | 8,192 tokens | 5.5 GB estimate | 2.1 GB estimate | 0.8 GB estimate | 8.5 GB estimate | 15.4 GB estimate | full | 96 tok/s estimate |
Formula estimate, not a benchmark. Method →
Cheapest catalog option that fits at Q4
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB, used (median of sold listings), €257, dated 2026-10-16. No buy link.
This hardware
$1,468€1,311
new (lowest in-stock EU)
price as of 17 Oct 2026
GPU PRIXLowest in-stock board in the table on 17 Oct 2026: €1,311, ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5080, in stock. The same page's header current low was €1,328, last updated Oct 17, 2026. 16 GB GDDR7 and 360 W total graphics power are on NVIDIA's RTX 5080 spec page (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/rtx-5080/). 960 GB/sec is the RTX 5080 column on NVIDIA's GeForce compare page (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/). The product spec table that was fetched did not print a GB/s row.
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Questions
- Can I run Gemma 2 9B on an RTX 5080?
- Yes, fully in VRAM (estimate).
- How much memory does Gemma 2 9B need at Q4?
- About 8.5 GB at 8,192 tokens (estimate): 5.5 GB weights, 2.1 GB KV cache, 0.8 GB overhead.
- How fast is Gemma 2 9B on RTX 5080 (estimate)?
- About 96 tok/s at Q4 (estimate, not a benchmark).