Can the GTX 1080 Ti run Qwen3 14B?
Yes. Qwen3 14B needs about 11 GB and the GTX 1080 Ti has 11 GB of VRAM. Expect about 29 tok/s, about reading speed.
ollama run qwen3:14bFirst time? Install Ollama, then paste that into a terminal.
Qwen3 14B needsAbout 11 GB
GTX 1080 Ti has11 GB VRAM
Bandwidth484 GB/s
Estimated speed~29 tok/s
Want it faster?
Speed comes from memory bandwidth: the card reads all 9.3 GB of active weights for every token. On the GTX 1080 Ti, Qwen3 8B runs at about 51 tok/s if you can trade some quality for speed. Cards that run Qwen3 14B faster:
How we estimate
Speed is roughly memory bandwidth divided by the weights read per token, calibrated on our own rack. Sizes are Ollama's default 4-bit downloads plus about 1.2 GB for context. Real results are usually within about a third. Measured it yourself? Send us the number.
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