Can Gemma 4 E2B run on RTX 3080 10GB?

YES — Runs Great

A76Great

○Estimated from fit model

Gemma 4 E2B needs ~5.8 GB VRAM. RTX 3080 10GB has 10.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~71 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: MediumStack: BasicBottleneck: Balanced

Operating mode

Choose the run profile you care about

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.

Capabilities:

Select quantization to explore

Q4_K_M (Medium quality) — 5.8 GB, 71.4 tok/s, Runs well

5.8 GB required10.0 GB available

58% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

71.4 tok/s

TTFT

2711 ms

Safe context

128K

Memory

5.8 GB / 10.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights3.1 GB

KV Cache0.5 GB

Runtime1.2 GB

Headroom1.0 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsGemma 4 E2B on RTX 3080 10GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>Write a Python function to sort a list
Here's a Python function that sorts a list using quicksort:

def quicksort(arr):
 if len(arr) <= 1:
 return arr
 pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2]
 left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot]
 middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot]
 right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot]
 return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right)

# Example usage
numbers = [3, 6, 8, 10, 1, 2, 1]
print(quicksort(numbers)) # [1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10]

The algorithm picks a pivot, partitions the list into smaller, equal, and larger elements, then recursively sorts each partition and concatenates the results.
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>Now add type hints and a docstring
def quicksort(arr: list[int]) -> list[int]:
 """Sort a list using the quicksort algorithm.

 Args:
 arr: List of integers to sort.

 Returns:
 A new sorted list.
 """
 if len(arr) <= 1:
 return arr
 pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2]
 left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot]
 middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot]
 right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot]
 return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right)

Added type hints for the input and return type, plus a Google-style docstring.
Estimated: 71.4 tok/s decode · 2.7s TTFT (warm) · 179 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

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.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Chat	A	Runs well	71.4 tok/s	1479 ms	128K
Coding	A	Runs well	71.4 tok/s	2711 ms	128K
Agentic Coding	A	Runs well	71.4 tok/s	3944 ms	128K
Reasoning	A	Runs well	71.4 tok/s	3204 ms	128K
RAG	A	Runs well	71.4 tok/s	4930 ms	128K

Quantization options

How Gemma 4 E2B (5.099999904632568B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 3080 10GB (10.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	2.0 GB	Low	A72
Q3_K_S	3	2.5 GB	Low	A73
NVFP4	4	2.9 GB	Medium	A74
Q4_K_M	4	3.1 GB	Medium	A74
Q5_K_M	5	3.7 GB	High	A75
Q6_K	6	4.2 GB	High	A76
Q8_0Best for your GPU	8	5.5 GB	Very High	A75
F16	16	10.5 GB	Maximum	F0

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Gemma 4 E2B on your machine.

Run

ollama run gemma4:e2b

Your hardware

More models your RTX 3080 10GB can run

Model	Params	Grade	Decode
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.5 9B	9B	S	113.1 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3 8B	8B	S	112 tok/s
👁 NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 8B	8B	S	112 tok/s
👁 InternLM InternVL2 8B	8B	S	112 tok/s
👁 Mistral Ministral 3 8B	8B	A	112 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

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