Can I run Qwen3.8-35B-A3B-Distill on an RTX 3060 12 GB?
No
Even its smallest file (4-bit (estimate), 20.2 GB) is more than an RTX 3060 12 GB can hold (10.8 GB usable): it needs 2 of them.
Files and context on RTX 3060 12 GB
Each file of Qwen3.8-35B-A3B-Distill (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.
| File | Size | On RTX 3060 12 GB | Context (16-bit) | Context (8-bit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As published | 71.9 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| BF16 | 71.1 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q8_0 | 37.8 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q6_K | 29.2 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q5_K_M | 25.3 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q4_K_M | 21.7 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| IQ4_XS | 19.6 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q3_K_M | 17.7 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| IQ3_M | 16.3 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q2_K | 13.8 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| IQ2_M | 12.6 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |