RTX 5070

Nvidia · 12 GB VRAM

6recorded runs

185.8best tok/s

5sourced

How it compares — 12 GB tier

RTX 3060310.4 RTX 5070185.8

Best verified tok/s per GPU in this VRAM tier — compare any two like-for-like.

Evidence: 5 sourced runs · 1 awaiting review · 2 independent sources · first recorded Aug 25, 2026 · last recorded Oct 4, 2026. What these labels mean.

What fits on 12 GB — measured

Model	Quant	Peak VRAM	Headroom
Qwen3.8-27B	EXL3 2.20bpw (SC_2.20bpw_H3_V3)	10.4 GB	1.6 GB
Qwen3.8-27B	UD-Q2_K_XL	9.0 GB	3.0 GB
NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B	Q4_K_M	4.2 GB	7.8 GB

Peak process memory recorded by the submitter on this card — evidence of what fit, not a guarantee. Plan with the VRAM calculator.

All benchmarks Compare RTX 5070 →

GPU	Model	Quant	Backend	Ctx	tok/s	prompt tok/s	VRAM GB	Source
RTX 5070 · 12 GB	NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B	Q4_K_M	llama.cpp b10449 (0d9ceae1e38291035605613ab41a…	32768	185.8 ✓	5377.5	4.2	src
RTX 5070 · 12 GB	Apodex-1.1-mini	IQ1_M	llama.cpp llama.cpp f280b26983ad0fdb705a0d9ebf…	2048	182.3 ✓	1730.9	—	src
RTX 5070 · 12 GB	Ornith-1.5-9B	Q4_K_M	llama.cpp b10449 @ 0d9ceae1	2048	102.0 ✓	4046.7	—	src
RTX 5070 · 12 GB	Qwen3.8-Flash-Next	Q2_0	strata 0.1.26	32768	81.8 ✓	—	—	src
RTX 5070 · 12 GB	Qwen3.8-27B	UD-Q2_K_XL	llama.cpp b10449	32768	48.3 ✓	912.3	9.0	src
RTX 5070 · 12 GB	Qwen3.8-27B	EXL3 2.20bpw (SC_2.20bpw_H3_V3)	exllamav3 1.4.6+cu128	126976	50.2 …	754.5	10.4	src

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