Alibaba
Qwen 14B
Alibaba·14B·Qwen·32K ctx·2026-08
Model size→Hardware requirement→Actual fit
Qwen 14B needs ~9.4–16.9 GB of VRAM depending on quantization. The bar is what it needs; the marker is the card's VRAM. Speed figures below are planning estimates.
8 GB
RTX 4060 · 3060 Ti
9.48
Q4_K_M · Est. ~3 tok/sSlow · CPU offload
12 GB
RTX 4070 · 3060 12G
9.412
Q4_K_M · Est. ~39 tok/sComfortable
16 GB
RTX 4080 · M-series 16G
10.916
Q5_K_M · Est. ~50 tok/sComfortable
24 GB
RTX 4090 · 3090
16.924
Q8_0 · Est. ~48 tok/sComfortable
48 GB
A6000 · 2×24G
16.948
Q8_0 · Est. ~48 tok/sComfortable
02 — Quantizations
QuantFile sizeEst. VRAM
Q4_K_M8.2 GB9.4 GB
Q5_K_M9.7 GB10.9 GB
Q8_015.7 GB16.9 GB
03 — Runtimes & use
llama.cpp · Ollama · LM Studio
General
Memory and speed figures are planning estimates, not measured benchmarks. Memory includes a fixed allowance for KV cache and runtime overhead. Long-context prompts push VRAM use above the numbers shown here.