Llama 3.2 11B Vision needs ~10.9 GB VRAM. RTX 3080 10GB has 10.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~54 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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0.9 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Very compromised (needs ~0.5 GB host RAM)
Decode
58.3 tok/s
TTFT
3321 ms
Safe context
9K
Memory
10.9 GB / 10.0 GB
Offload
10%
It fits through host-memory offload, and offload is the main reason performance drops.
CPU or host-memory offload is active
About 10% of the working set spills out of accelerator memory, which usually hurts latency and sustained decode throughput.
Very little memory headroom
You can run the model, but there is not much room left for longer context, bigger batches, extra apps, or future model updates.
Remove offload with more accelerator memory
Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.
Buy headroom, not only minimum fit
A slightly larger memory tier gives you safer context growth and makes the recommendation more future-proof.
Increase host RAM if you keep offloading
This setup may need roughly {ram} GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | B | Runs with offload | 92.5 tok/s | 1141 ms | 9K |
| Coding | B | Very compromised | 54.2 tok/s | 3570 ms | 9K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 41.2 tok/s | 6841 ms | 9K |
| Reasoning | B | Very compromised (needs ~0.5 GB host RAM) | 58.3 tok/s | 3924 ms | 9K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 41.2 tok/s | 8551 ms | 9K |
How Llama 3.2 11B Vision (11B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 3080 10GB (10.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 4.3 GB | Low | B67 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 5.4 GB | Low | B67 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run Llama 3.2 11B Vision on your machine.
Run
ollama run llama3.2-vision:11bUpgrade options
RTX 3060 12GBBudget pickRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$329 MSRP
RTX 5060 Ti 16GBBest valueRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
~$449 MSRP
RTX 4060 Ti 16GBNVIDIA upgradeRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
~$499 MSRP
Yes, RTX 3080 10GB can run Llama 3.2 11B Vision with a B grade (Very compromised). Expected decode speed: 54.2 tok/s.
Llama 3.2 11B Vision (11B parameters) requires approximately 10.9 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Llama 3.2 11B Vision is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 3080 10GB, Llama 3.2 11B Vision achieves approximately 54.2 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 3570ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Llama 3.2 11B Vision on RTX 3080 10GB receives a B grade with 54.2 tok/s and 9K context.
On RTX 3080 10GB, Llama 3.2 11B Vision can safely use up to 9K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 16K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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Preview:
| Medium |
| B67 |
Q4_K_MBest for your GPU | 4 | 6.7 GB | Medium | B67 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 7.9 GB | High | F0 |
Q6_K | 6 | 9.0 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 11.8 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 22.5 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Remove offload with more accelerator memory. Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.