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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 16GB (Mobile)
Laptop variant of Ampere. 16GB VRAM in a portable form factor was rare and remains a sleeper pick on the used market.
Released 2022·512 GB/s memory bandwidth
Overview
Laptop variant of Ampere. 16GB VRAM in a portable form factor was rare and remains a sleeper pick on the used market.
Specs
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| System RAM (typical) | 32 GB |
| Power draw | 165 W |
| Released | 2022 |
| Backends | CUDA Vulkan |
Models that fit
Open-weight models small enough to run on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 16GB (Mobile) with usable context.
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Frequently asked
What models can NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 16GB (Mobile) run?
With 16GB VRAM, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 16GB (Mobile) runs models up to 14B in 4-bit, or 7B at higher quantizations. See the model list below for tested combinations.
Does NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 16GB (Mobile) support CUDA?
Yes — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 16GB (Mobile) is an NVIDIA card with full CUDA support, the most mature local-AI backend. llama.cpp, Ollama, vLLM, and ExLlamaV2 all run natively.
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