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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Gemma 2B?

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

Gemma 2B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 125k 65.2-77.8 t/s ~5.8-6.9 (slow)
Q8 yes 163k 130.5-155.5 t/s ~11.7-13.9 (slow)
Q4 yes 180k 233-277.7 t/s ~20.8-24.8 (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 5060 Ti 16GB run Gemma 2B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~233-277.7 tok/s and fits up to 180k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~20.8-24.8 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 180k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.