Best LLMs for 8 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 8 GB of VRAM, ranked by capability, with the quantization level and estimated tokens/sec needed to fit.

GPUs at This Tier

Ranked Models

Granite 3.0 — Granite 3.0 8B InstructQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~60 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Bonsai 27B — Ternary Bonsai 27BTernary (1.58-bit, ~1.71 bpw) · 5.77125 GB · ~51 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Qwen 2.5 Family — Qwen 2.5 7B InstructQ4_K_M · 4.5885 GB · ~67 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Qwen 3 — Qwen 3 8BQ4_K_M · 4.950749999999999 GB · ~59 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
DeepSeek R1 — DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~61 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Qwen3-Coder — Qwen3-Coder 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~61 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Qwen 3.5 (Legacy Listing — Unverified) — Qwen 3.5 7BQ4_K_M · 4.22625 GB · ~68 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
GLM-6 — GLM-6 9BQ4_K_M · 5.43375 GB · ~55 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
InternLM 3 — InternLM 3 8B InstructQ4_K_M · 5.313000000000001 GB · ~60 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Qwen 3.5 — Qwen 3.5 9BQ4_K_M · 5.43375 GB · ~55 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Bonsai 27B — 1-bit Bonsai 27B1-bit (binary, ~1.125 bpw) · 3.796875 GB · ~69 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Yi 1.5 Family — Yi 1.5 9B ChatQ4_K_M · 5.3311125 GB · ~58 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Falcon 3 — Falcon 3 10B InstructQ4_K_M · 6.218625 GB · ~49 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
GLM-4.7 / GLM-Z1 — GLM-4.7 9BQ4_K_M · 5.43375 GB · ~55 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
GLM-5 / GLM-5.1 — GLM-5 9BQ4_K_M · 5.43375 GB · ~55 tok/s on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
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FAQ

What LLMs run well with 8 GB VRAM?

Granite 3.0, Bonsai 27B, Qwen 2.5 Family, Qwen 3, DeepSeek R1 all fit in 8 GB VRAM.

Which GPUs have 8 GB VRAM?

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB.

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