Best LLMs for 10 GB VRAM

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2026年7月15日

These are the strongest local models that fit entirely in 10 GB of VRAM, ranked by capability, with the quantization level and estimated tokens/sec needed to fit.

GPUs at This Tier

Ranked Models

Qwen 2.5 Family — Qwen 2.5 14B InstructQ4_K_M · 8.4525 GB
Qwen 3 — Qwen 3 14BQ4_K_M · 8.935500000000001 GB
DeepSeek R1 — DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BQ4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~23 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
Phi-4 Family — Phi-4 (14B)Q4_K_M · 8.4525 GB
Granite 3.0 — Granite 3.0 8B InstructQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~36 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
Qwen 3.5 (Legacy Listing — Unverified) — Qwen 3.5 14BQ4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~23 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
Bonsai 27B — Ternary Bonsai 27BTernary (1.58-bit, ~1.71 bpw) · 5.77125 GB · ~30 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
Qwen 2.5 Family — Qwen 2.5 7B InstructQ4_K_M · 4.5885 GB · ~40 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
Qwen 3 — Qwen 3 8BQ4_K_M · 4.950749999999999 GB · ~35 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
DeepSeek R1 — DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~36 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
Qwen3-Coder — Qwen3-Coder 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~36 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
Mistral Family — Mistral NeMo 12BQ4_K_M · 7.245 GB · ~26 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
Qwen 3.5 (Legacy Listing — Unverified) — Qwen 3.5 14BQ4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~23 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
Gemma 4 (Legacy Listing — Unverified) — Gemma 4 12BQ4_K_M · 7.245 GB · ~26 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
Gemma 3 — Gemma 3 12B InstructQ4_K_M · 7.245 GB · ~24 tok/s on Intel Arc B570
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FAQ

What LLMs run well with 10 GB VRAM?

Qwen 2.5 Family, Qwen 3, DeepSeek R1, Phi-4 Family, Granite 3.0 all fit in 10 GB VRAM.

Which GPUs have 10 GB VRAM?

Intel Arc B570, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB), Intel Arc B580, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB).

Can-I-Run Pages Near 10 GB

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