Can I Run Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?
Full VRAM footprint analysis, tokens/sec generation benchmark, and copy-paste Ollama & vLLM runtime commands for running Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (32.5B) on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) (12 GB).
✕ Out of Memory — Exceeds VRAM Capacity
OLLAMA_FLASH_ATTENTION=1 OLLAMA_KV_CACHE_TYPE=q8_0 ollama run qwen2.5-coder:32bLocal Hardware Configurations & Pricing
⚠️ Out of VRAM: High-Capacity Hardware UpgradesNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB GDDR7)
Maximum tokens/sec on 27B–35B models & Blackwell FP4 quantization
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB GDDR6X)
The 24GB CUDA enthusiast standard for 14B–32B Q4_K_M models
2x NVIDIA RTX 3090 Dual Rig (48GB Total VRAM)
Best price-to-VRAM homelab rig for 70B Q4_K_M & Qwen 3.8 27B Q8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)
Entry-level budget card for 7B–14B Q4 models
⚠️ Out of VRAM? Don't downgrade model quality.
Out of VRAMSpin up an on-demand cloud GPU instance in 60 seconds with pre-installed Ollama and vLLM. (Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct @ 25.22 GB VRAM)
Quantization Precision Matrix
32K ctx • KV: Q8_0| Quantization | Weights | KV Cache | Total VRAM | Est. Speed | Fit Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP1616 bpw | 65 GB | 4.29 GB | 72.32 GB (603%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| Q8_08.5 bpw | 34.45 GB | 4.29 GB | 40.7 GB (339%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| Q6_K6.56 bpw | 26.65 GB | 4.29 GB | 32.62 GB (272%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| Q5_K_M5.68 bpw | 23.07 GB | 4.29 GB | 28.92 GB (241%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| Q4_K_M4.8 bpw | 19.5 GB | 4.29 GB | 25.22 GB (210%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| FP44.25 bpw | 17.23 GB | 4.29 GB | 22.87 GB (191%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| IQ3_XS3.3 bpw | 13.32 GB | 4.29 GB | 18.83 GB (157%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
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Frequently Asked Questions: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)
How much VRAM does Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct need on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?
At standard 4-bit quantization (Q4_K_M) with 32K context, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct requires 25.22 GB of total VRAM (weights + KV cache + CUDA runtime overhead).
What inference speed will Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct achieve on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?
Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)'s 360 GB/s memory bandwidth, expected decode speed is approximately 0 tokens per second.
Can I expand context beyond 32K tokens?
Each additional 32K tokens of context requires additional KV cache memory. For longer context windows, consider 8-bit or 4-bit KV cache quantization.