Can I run Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-GGUF on an RTX 3060 12 GB?
No
Even its smallest file (UD-IQ2_XXS, 10.7 GB) is more than an RTX 3060 12 GB can hold (10.8 GB usable): it needs 1 of them.
Files and context on RTX 3060 12 GB
Each file of Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-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.
| File | Size | On RTX 3060 12 GB | Context (16-bit) | Context (8-bit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF16 | 69.4 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q8_K_XL | 48.7 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q8_0 | 36.9 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q6_K_XL | 32.1 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q6_K | 28.9 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q6_K_S | 28.5 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q5_K_XL | 26.4 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q5_K_M | 26.2 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q5_K_S | 24.8 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q4_K_XL | 22.2 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q4_K_M | 22.0 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| MXFP4_MOE | 21.6 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q4_K_S | 20.7 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q4_K_L | 20.2 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-IQ4_NL | 17.8 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-IQ4_XS | 17.5 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q3_K_XL | 16.6 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q3_K_M | 16.4 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q3_K_S | 15.3 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-IQ3_S | 13.6 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-IQ3_XXS | 13.1 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q2_K_XL | 12.2 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-IQ2_M | 11.4 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-IQ2_XXS | 10.7 GB | Doesn't fit | 4K | 8K |