Can I run gpt-oss-120b on an RTX 3060 12GB?
No: it needs about 64 GB and this card has 12 GB of graphics memory.
In a PC with enough normal memory it runs slowly: Budget PC with RTX 3060 12GB, $1,305€1,357. price unverified
Updated · gpt-oss-120b on every card
How much memory it needs
That is about 5.7 times what this card has free.
What runs gpt-oss-120b instead
The cheapest machine on our list that holds the whole model in its graphics memory:
Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB$3,683€3,290price unverified
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Price details
$3,683€3,290
How we priced this
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gpt-oss-120b on other graphics cards
Runs slowly2
Part of the model spills into normal memory, which is much slower.
Doesn't fit7
Not enough graphics memory: it needs about 64.5 GB.
- RTX 3060 12GBhas 12 GB
- RTX 4060 Ti 16GBhas 16 GB
- RTX 3090has 24 GB
- RTX 4090has 24 GB
- RTX 5080has 16 GB
- RTX 5090has 32 GB
- RX 7900 XTXhas 24 GB
More about the model itself, what it is good at and its licence: gpt-oss-120b.
The numbers behind this answer
A model comes in several sizes. Q4 is the standard one most people use; the bigger ones answer a little better but need more memory. Each row adds up the model file, the memory a conversation takes, and some working space, and compares the total with what is free on this card.
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| Quality | Conversation | Result | Model file | Conversation memory | Working space | Total needed | Free memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 · standard (smallest that keeps quality) | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Doesn't fit | 63.4 GBmeasured file | 0.3 GB | 0.8 GB | 64.5 GB | 11.4 GB |
| Q5 · a bit sharper, a bit bigger | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Doesn't fit | 65.4 GB | 0.3 GB | 0.8 GB | 66.5 GB | 11.4 GB |
| Q8 · near full quality, almost twice Q4 | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Doesn't fit | 65.4 GB | 0.3 GB | 0.8 GB | 66.5 GB | 11.4 GB |
| FP16 · full quality, over three times Q4 | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Doesn't fit | 65.4 GBmeasured file | 0.3 GB | 0.8 GB | 66.5 GB | 11.4 GB |
| Q4 · standard, longer conversation | ~49 pages32,768 tokens | Doesn't fit | 63.4 GBmeasured file | 1.2 GB | 0.8 GB | 65.4 GB | 11.4 GB |
speed: not estimated for MoE yet. This model only uses part of itself for each word (a mixture of experts), and our speed estimate does not handle that yet.
Questions
- Can I run gpt-oss-120b on an RTX 3060 12GB?
- No: it needs about 64 GB and this card has 12 GB of graphics memory.
- How much memory does gpt-oss-120b need?
- About 64.5 GB at the standard quality (Q4) for a conversation of up to about 12 pages of text (8,192 tokens), by our estimate: 63.4 GB for the model file (measured), 0.3 GB to hold the conversation and 0.8 GB of working space.
- How fast is gpt-oss-120b on an RTX 3060 12GB?
- We don't give a speed for this model yet. This model only uses part of itself for each word (a mixture of experts), and our speed estimate does not handle that yet.
Speeds and memory are our estimate from the hardware specs, not a measured test. Prices are dated and may change. How we calculate