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Can NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B?

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Fits By llama.cpp’s default load check, DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B fits on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at Q8_0 with a context of 8,192 tokens. One card needs 10.4 GiB available for “Fits”.

At Q8_0, the longest context that fits is 25,088 tokens.

“Fits” means llama.cpp's default --fit load check would place all layers on the GPU: our estimate of llama.cpp's buffers, plus its error margin, plus llama.cpp's 1 GiB per-card reserve, is within the memory counted as available. It does not promise that peak memory while generating fits. How results are decided

Values updated Oct 19, 2026 · Calculator

Run profile: llama.cpp, CUDA back end (NVIDIA discrete GPU), all layers on the GPU, Flash Attention on, micro-batch (-ub) 512, F16 KV cache, context (-c) as shown; “Fits” is judged with llama-server’s default 4 parallel sequences (-np auto, unified KV cache) and “Doesn’t fit” with 1 sequence; idle GPU with no other programs using its memory.

Memory counted as available for “Fits” (C_low): 12.88 GiB per card = 16 GiB nominal − 1,054 MiB (the largest gap between nominal and reported total measured on consumer and workstation GPUs in this profile, used because no public log reports this GPU’s own total) − 2,112 MiB (the largest start-up and runtime use seen in this profile’s public logs), rounded down to a multiple of 64 MiB.

These results assume the card’s default configuration. Settings that reduce usable memory (for example ECC, where the card supports it) are not covered.

Memory used for “Doesn’t fit” (C_high): the full 16 GiB per card. Run profiles and their measurements

Memory needed by quantization and context

Available memory needed for “Fits” (X, GiB per card) and the result on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB.
Quantization4,0968,19232,768131,072
BF16 16.7 GiB Tight17.3 GiB Tight20.9 GiB Doesn't fit35.4 GiB Doesn't fit
Q8_0 9.8 GiB Fits10.4 GiB Fits14.0 GiB Tight28.4 GiB Doesn't fit
Q6_K 8.0 GiB Fits8.6 GiB Fits12.2 GiB Fits26.6 GiB Doesn't fit
Q5_K_M 7.2 GiB Fits7.8 GiB Fits11.4 GiB Fits25.8 GiB Doesn't fit
Q4_K_M 6.5 GiB Fits7.1 GiB Fits10.7 GiB Fits25.1 GiB Doesn't fit
Q4_0 6.2 GiB Fits6.8 GiB Fits10.5 GiB Fits24.9 GiB Doesn't fit
IQ4_XS 6.0 GiB Fits6.6 GiB Fits10.2 GiB Fits24.7 GiB Doesn't fit
Q3_K_M 5.7 GiB Fits6.3 GiB Fits9.9 GiB Fits24.3 GiB Doesn't fit
Q2_K 4.9 GiB Fits5.5 GiB Fits9.1 GiB Fits23.5 GiB Doesn't fit

No speed ceiling is given: the memory bandwidth of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is not confirmed by two independent open sources.

Alternatives

Other 16 GB GPUs where DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B fits

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