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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti run Gemma 3 270M?

Yes โ€” here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

Gemma 3 270M on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 81k 821.9-979.6 t/s ~54.1-64.4 (slow)
Q8 yes 85k 1643.9-1959.1 t/s ~108.1-128.9 (slow)
Q4 yes 87k 2935.4-3498.4 t/s ~193.1-230.2 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

FAQ

Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti run Gemma 3 270M?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~2935.4-3498.4 tok/s and fits up to 87k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~193.1-230.2 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 87k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.