Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026
Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.1 GB of headroom running Qwen 3 14B at Q4_K_M (8.935500000000001 GB, ~67 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.
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| VRAM | 16 GB |
| Memory Bandwidth | 896 GB/s |
| Quant | VRAM needed | Fits 16 GB? | Max context |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16 | 31.1 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q8_0 | 17.2 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q6_K | 13.6 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K |
| Q5_K_M | 12 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K |
| Q4_K_M | 10.4 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K |
| Q3_K_M | 7.8 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K |
| Q2_K | 6.3 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K |
VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 16 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.
| Qwen 3 14B | Q4_K_M · 8.935500000000001 GB · ~67 tok/s (est.) |
| Qwen 3 8B | Q4_K_M · 4.950749999999999 GB · ~105 tok/s (est.) |
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Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.1 GB of headroom running Qwen 3 14B at Q4_K_M (8.935500000000001 GB, ~67 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.
Qwen 3 14B at Q4_K_M quantization (8.935500000000001 GB), estimated ~67 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.
| Size | VRAM | Verdict | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen 3 235B-A22B (MoE) | 141.9 GB | Does not fit | — |
| Qwen 3 32B | 19.8 GB | Runs at Q2_K | — |
| Qwen 3 30B-A3B (MoE) | 18.4 GB | Runs at Q3_K_M | — |
| Qwen 3 14B | 8.9 GB | Runs | ~67 tok/s |
| Qwen 3 8B | 5.0 GB | Runs | ~105 tok/s |
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