Best AI Models for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Laptop GPU (8 GB)

Runs 7–9B models well; 14B doesn't fit in 8 GB.

8 GB GDDR6448 GB/s37 TFLOPS FP16150 WTuring 2019

8 GB with Tensor Cores and flash-attention (cc 7.5), 448 GB/s: ~7-8B Q4 models; the 8 GB, not compute, is the limit. Power limit varies a lot by chassis.

What LLMs can the RTX 2080 Laptop GPU run?

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 45.8 t/s	45.8 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 89.3 t/s	89.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
3	Gemma 2 9B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB · 47.7 t/s	47.7 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB
4	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 103 t/s	103 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
5	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 221 t/s	221 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB

#	Model	Speed	Reasoning Score	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 45.8 t/s	45.8 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 103 t/s	103 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
3	Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba Q4_K_M · 5.8 GB · 58.4 t/s	58.4 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.8 GB
4	Gemma 2 9B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB · 47.7 t/s	47.7 tok/s	overall	Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB
5	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 221 t/s	221 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 89.3 t/s	89.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 45.8 t/s	45.8 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
3	Gemma 4 E4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB · 54.7 t/s	54.7 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB
4	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 221 t/s	221 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB
5	Spark X2.6 4BXHToken Q4_K_M · 4.3 GB · 98.4 t/s	98.4 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 4.3 GB

#	Model	Speed ↓	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 89.3 t/s	89.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 221 t/s	221 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB
3	Gemma 4 E4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB · 54.7 t/s	54.7 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB
4	MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB · 46.9 t/s	46.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB
5	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 45.8 t/s	45.8 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 45.8 t/s	45.8 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 89.3 t/s	89.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
3	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 103 t/s	103 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
4	MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB · 46.9 t/s	46.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB
5	LFM3 Omni 2BLiquid AI Q4_K_M · 2.4 GB · 171 t/s	171 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 2.4 GB

See all 218 models on the RTX 2080 Laptop GPU →Best quant that fits · speeds estimated on this card

About the RTX 2080 Laptop GPU

The RTX 2080 Laptop GPU runs 7–9B models well. Turing generation, released 2019.

GenerationTuringreleased 2019

RTX 2080 Laptop GPU strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Runs 7–9B models: Qwen3.5 9B at 45.8 tok/s in 6.6 GB
Low power draw: 150 W board power; a 300 W PSU is enough

Weaknesses

14B models don't fit: Qwen3 14B needs 11.9 GB at Q4 vs 8 GB here
Little room for context: Qwen3.5 9B uses 6.6 of 8 GB, 1.4 GB left
No FP8 or NVFP4: Turing predates both; use GGUF, AWQ or GPTQ builds

Similar GPUs

Cards people weigh against the RTX 2080 Laptop GPU, each with the one reason it is worth a look.

About as fast, same 8 GBRTX 3070 TiNVIDIA · 8 GB · Ampere

same 8 GB$599rent $0.24/hr62.2 tok/s

8 GB more for bigger modelsRTX 4080NVIDIA · 16 GB · Ada Lovelace

▲ 8 GB$1,199rent $0.26/hr73.3 tok/s

8 GB more for bigger modelsRTX 4080 SUPERNVIDIA · 16 GB · Ada Lovelace

▲ 8 GB$999rent $0.27/hr75.2 tok/s

2 GB more for bigger modelsRTX 3080NVIDIA · 10 GB · Ampere

▲ 2 GB$699rent $0.11/hr77.7 tok/s

8 GB more for bigger modelsRTX 5080 Laptop GPUNVIDIA · 16 GB · Blackwell

▲ 8 GB91.6 tok/s

Best value near the RTX 2080 Laptop GPURTX 5070 TiNVIDIA · 16 GB · Blackwell

▲ 8 GB$1,170rent $0.19/hr91.6 tok/s

RTX 2080 Laptop GPU tokens per second by model size

Output speed depends on memory bandwidth (448 GB/s). Grey rows need more than 8 GB.

9BQwen3.5 9B · Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
45.8tok/s
14BQwen3 14B · not at 4-bit
needs 11.9 GB
27–31BQwen3.8 27B · not at 4-bit
needs 17.9 GB
35B MoEQwen3.6 35B A3B · not at 4-bit
needs 22.0 GB
70BLlama 3.3 70B Instruct · not at 4-bit
needs 51.3 GB
120B MoEGPT OSS 120B · not at 4-bit
needs 70.8 GB

Estimated speeds: Q4_K_M, 4K context, one user. How we estimate

All 842 models on the RTX 2080 Laptop GPU

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Best quant that fits, ordered by llmrun Score. Fit grades how well it runs here, S best. How ranking works

LLM models compatible with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Laptop GPU — ranked by Score, recency and Fit
Model	Quant	VRAM	Speed	Context	Fit
Nafie 473M473MChat BF16·280.0 t/s	BF16	1.0 GB13%	280.0 t/s	1K	S100, Runs great
Sweep Next Edit v2 7B7.6BChatCode Q4_K_M·58.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	5.8 GB73%	58.4 t/s	33K	A83, Runs well
Falcon H1 7B Instruct7.6BChatFunctions Q4_K_M·57.8 t/s	Q4_K_M	6.3 GB79%	57.8 t/s	262K	A83, Runs well
GLM 4.6V Flash10.3BVisionFunctions Q4_K_M·44.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	7.2 GB89%	44.4 t/s	131K	A65, Runs well
LFM2.5 1.2B Instruct Uncensored1.2BChat Q4_K_M·272.1 t/s	Q4_K_M	1.2 GB16%	272.1 t/s	128K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3.5 35B A3B DFlash474MChat BF16·229.3 t/s	BF16	1.4 GB17%	229.3 t/s	262K	S100, Runs great
StorySupra 10M13MChat Q4_K_M·910.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.3 GB4%	910.0 t/s	0K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3.5 4B GLB 3D Coder4.5BChatCodeFunctions Q4_K_M·91.3 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.4 GB42%	91.3 t/s	262K	S90, Runs great
Malaysian TTS 0.6B V1629MChatFunctions Q4_K_M·364.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	1.6 GB20%	364.0 t/s	33K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3 Next Moe3MChatFunctions Q4_K_M·970.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.3 GB4%	970.7 t/s	262K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3 4B Hindi Instruct v24.0BChat Q4_K_M·100.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	4.2 GB53%	100.4 t/s	262K	S91, Runs great
PicoMistral 23M24MChat Q4_K_M·910.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.3 GB4%	910.0 t/s	1K	S100, Runs great
Hy MT2 7B8.0BTranslation Q4_K_M·54.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	7.3 GB91%	54.0 t/s	262K	A65, Runs well
Supra Mini V6 1M1MChat Q4_K_M·970.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.3 GB4%	970.7 t/s	1K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3.5 9B Abliterated9.0BChatFunctions Q4_K_M·49.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	6.2 GB78%	49.0 t/s	262K	A79, Runs well

RTX 2080 Laptop GPU specs, power and PSU

Specs

Architecture: Turing
VRAM: 8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth: 448.0 GB/s
FP16 (dense): 37.45 TFLOPS
CUDA cores: 2,944
Tensor cores: 368
Compute capability: 7.5
TDP: 150 W
Released: 2019-01-29

RTX 2080 Laptop GPU FAQ

What is the largest model the RTX 2080 Laptop GPU can run?

Qwen3.5 9B (9.7B) is the largest at 4-bit or better: at Q4_K_M it uses 6.6 GB of 8 GB, and runs at about 45.8 tok/s.

Can the RTX 2080 Laptop GPU run 14B models?

No. Qwen3 14B needs 11.9 GB at Q4, more than the 8 GB on this card.

How many tokens per second does the RTX 2080 Laptop GPU give?

About 45.8 tok/s on Qwen3.5 9B at Q4_K_M, with the first token after 4.7 s on a 4K-token prompt.

What power supply does the RTX 2080 Laptop GPU need?

Plan a 300 W PSU (2× the 150 W TDP).

Is renting cheaper than buying an RTX 2080 Laptop GPU?

An RTX 3090 (24 GB) rents from $0.18/hr. With regular daily use, owning pays off.

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