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NVIDIA · Ampere · 12 GB · Qwen3.8 27B · Q4_K_M: does not fit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

The cheapest way into CUDA with 12 GB: an 8B model at Q8 or a 14B at Q4. Slow by today's standards, but it works in everything and costs less than a game and a half.

Lowest price right now

$320

eBay · plus shipping · $26 per GB · observed 2026-10-15 11:50 UTC

Buy the cheapest on eBay, $320

plus shipping · Used · displinkdark 213 · 100.0%

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Compare: vs RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

Where to buy

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What it runs

For each model, grouped by vendor with the newest first: the largest quant that fits with 8K of context and the estimated speed for one user. The model you picked on the ladder is highlighted. Estimates from the spec sheet, not measurements: see how we estimate.

ModelQuantNeeds at 8KFitMax contextDecode tok/sPrefill tok/s
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 552B-A16B Sep 2026Q4_K_M338 GBdoes not fit
DeepSeek V4 Flash 284B-A13B Jul 2026Q4_K_M175 GBdoes not fit
DeepSeek V3.1 671B-A37B Aug 2025Q4_K_M411 GBdoes not fit
Gemma
Gemma 4 12B May 2026Q6_K11 GBfits41K~24~750
Gemma 4 31B Mar 2026IQ2_M13 GBfits, short context756~22~290
Gemma 4 26B-A4B Mar 2026IQ2_M10 GBfits92K~180~2,300
Gemma 3 27B Mar 2025IQ2_M11 GBfits14K~25~330
GLM
GLM-5.3 753B-A40B Aug 2026Q4_K_M462 GBdoes not fit
GLM-5.3 Flash 320B-A18B Aug 2026Q4_K_M197 GBdoes not fit
GLM-4.6 355B-A32B Sep 2025Q4_K_M221 GBdoes not fit
GLM-4.5 Air 106B-A12B Jul 2025Q4_K_M68 GBdoes not fit
gpt-oss
gpt-oss-120b Aug 2025Q4_K_M73 GBdoes not fit
gpt-oss-20b Aug 2025IQ2_M9 GBfits66K~190~2,500
Llama
Llama 4 Scout 109B-A17B Apr 2025Q4_K_M70 GBdoes not fit
Llama 3.3 70B Dec 2024Q4_K_M47 GBdoes not fit
Llama 3.1 8B Jul 2024Q8_011 GBfits15K~28~1,100
MiMo
MiMo V2.6 Pro 1.02T-A42B Sep 2026Q4_K_M624 GBdoes not fit
MiMo V2.6 Flash 309B-A15B Sep 2026Q4_K_M190 GBdoes not fit
Mistral
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B Mar 2026Q4_K_M83 GBdoes not fit
Mistral Small 4 119B-A6.5B Mar 2026Q4_K_M79 GBdoes not fit
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Jun 2025IQ2_M11 GBfits13K~29~370
Qwen
Qwen3.8 Flash-Next 125B-A6B Aug 2026Q4_K_M78 GBdoes not fit
Qwen3.8 27B Aug 2026 (your pick)IQ2_M11 GBfits19K~25~330
Qwen3.6 27B Apr 2026IQ2_M11 GBfits19K~25~330
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Apr 2026Q4_K_M23 GBdoes not fit
Qwen3 Coder 480B-A35B Jul 2025Q4_K_M296 GBdoes not fit
Qwen3 235B-A22B Jul 2025Q4_K_M146 GBdoes not fit
Qwen3 32B Apr 2025Q4_K_M24 GBdoes not fit

Specifications

Memory
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
360 GB/s
Bus width
192-bit
Shader cores
3,584
Tensor cores
112
FP32
12.7 TFLOPS
FP16 (dense)
51 TFLOPS
Power
170 W
Form factor
Dual slot, full height
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Architecture
Ampere
Launched
2021
MSRP
$329

Source: manufacturer specifications.