Can the RTX 3080 Ti Laptop run Qwen3 14B?
Yes. Qwen3 14B needs about 11 GB and the RTX 3080 Ti Laptop has 16 GB of VRAM. Expect about 30 tok/s, faster than you can read.
ollama run qwen3:14bFirst time? Install Ollama, then paste that into a terminal.
Qwen3 14B needsAbout 11 GB
RTX 3080 Ti Laptop has16 GB VRAM
Bandwidth512 GB/s
Estimated speed~30 tok/s
Want it faster?
Speed comes from memory bandwidth: the card reads all 9.3 GB of active weights for every token. On the RTX 3080 Ti Laptop, gpt-oss 20B runs at about 90 tok/s if you can trade some quality for speed. Cards that run Qwen3 14B faster:
How we estimate
Speed is roughly memory bandwidth divided by the weights read per token, calibrated on our own rack. Sizes are Ollama's default 4-bit downloads plus about 1.2 GB for context. Real results are usually within about a third. Measured it yourself? Send us the number.
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