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Can I run Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF on an RTX 3060 12 GB?

Yes, just

Its IQ3_XS file (10.4 GB) fits in the 10.8 GB an RTX 3060 12 GB can use, with room for ≈ 4K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF Everything that runs on RTX 3060 12 GB Get the IQ3_XS file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/byteshape/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:IQ3_XS

Files and context on RTX 3060 12 GB

Each file of Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF (and of GGUF versions the site has analyzed), and how much context fits next to it, with the context cache in 16-bit or 8-bit.

FileSizeOn RTX 3060 12 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
IQ4_XS13.1 GBDoesn't fit——
IQ3_S11.0 GBDoesn't fit——
IQ3_XS10.4 GBTight4K9K
IQ3_XXS9.92 GBTight11K22K
IQ2_XXS8.84 GBTight27K54K

Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF on other hardware

Popular models that run on RTX 3060 12 GB

Assumes 90% of the card's memory is usable and at least 4K tokens of context for one conversation, with the context cache in 16-bit unless noted. Fits leaves at least 20% of that memory for context; Tight leaves less.