Qwen 3 4B needs ~6.3 GB VRAM. RTX 5060 Ti 8GB has 8.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~76 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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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
76.0 tok/s
TTFT
2547 ms
Safe context
28K
Memory
6.3 GB / 8.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | S | Runs well | 76.0 tok/s | 1389 ms | 28K |
| Coding | S | Runs well | 76.0 tok/s | 2547 ms | 28K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs with offload (needs ~0.2 GB host RAM) | 76.0 tok/s | 3705 ms | 28K |
| Reasoning | S | Runs well | 76.0 tok/s | 3011 ms | 28K |
| RAG | A | Runs with offload (needs ~0.2 GB host RAM) | 76.0 tok/s | 4632 ms | 28K |
How Qwen 3 4B (4B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (8.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 1.6 GB | Low | A82 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 2.0 GB | Low | A83 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 2.2 GB | Medium | A84 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 2.4 GB | Medium | A84 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 2.9 GB | High | S85 |
Q6_K | 6 | 3.3 GB | High | S85 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 4.3 GB | Very High | A85 |
F16 | 16 | 8.2 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run Qwen 3 4B on your machine.
Run
ollama run qwen3:4bYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen 3.5 9B | 9B | A | 30 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3 8B | 8B | A | 38.7 tok/s | |
 Nemotron Nano 8B | 8B | A | 41 tok/s | |
 InternVL2 8B | 8B | A | 41 tok/s |
Yes, RTX 5060 Ti 8GB can run Qwen 3 4B with a S grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 76.0 tok/s.
Qwen 3 4B (4B parameters) requires approximately 6.3 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Qwen 3 4B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, Qwen 3 4B achieves approximately 76.0 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 2547ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Qwen 3 4B on RTX 5060 Ti 8GB receives a S grade with 76.0 tok/s and 28K context.
On RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, Qwen 3 4B can safely use up to 28K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 33K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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