RTX 5070 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
RTX 5070 can run unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 105 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 8GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 4GB | 12GB | 105.45 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 9GB | 12GB | 72.25 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 17GB | 12GB | 43.38 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |