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NVIDIA · Ada Lovelace · 8 GB VRAM tier

Best AI Models for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB

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

8 GB GDDR6288 GB/s44 TFLOPS FP16160 WAda Lovelace 2023
Buyabout $399

What LLMs can the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB run?

#ModelSpeedllmrun ScoreQuant · VRAM
1
Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run →
Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 29.4 t/s
29.4 tok/sQ4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2
Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba
Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 57.4 t/s
57.4 tok/sQ4_K_M · 3.4 GB
3
Gemma 2 9B ITGoogle
Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB · 30.7 t/s
30.7 tok/sQ4_K_M · 7.3 GB
4
Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle
Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 65.9 t/s
65.9 tok/sQ4_K_M · 5.0 GB
5
Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI
Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 158 t/s
158 tok/sQ4_K_M · 5.5 GB
See all 216 models on the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB →Best quant that fits · speeds estimated on this card

About the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB

The RTX 4060 Ti 8GB is an entry card in the 8 GB class: it runs 7–9B models well. It is power-hungry for its speed, and pricier per token than most of the cards compared at ≈$362 used. Ada Lovelace generation, released 2023.

Speed in 8 GB#7288 GB/s
Per watt#80.18 tok/s per W on Qwen3.5 9B (9B params)
Per dollar#68.1 tok/s per $100 on Qwen3.5 9B (9B params)
GenerationAda Lovelacereleased 2023

RTX 4060 Ti 8GB strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • Runs 7–9B models: Qwen3.5 9B at 29.4 tok/s in 6.6 GB

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
  • Used prices still near MSRP: ≈$362 used vs its $399 MSRP

Speed per dollar and per watt

On Qwen3.5 9B (9B params) at Q4_K_M. New prices are compared with new, used with used. The last two columns are the speed you get per $100 of price and per 100 W of board power; higher is better. The RTX 4060 Ti 8GB has no new price, so the New view shows it at its MSRP.

CardNew pricetok/stok/s per $100tok/s per 100 W
RTX 50608 GBBest new value
about $46045.8
10.0
31.6
RTX 507012 GB
about $84068.7
8.2
27.5
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB8 GB
about $39929.4
7.4
18.4
RTX 40608 GB
about $52027.8
5.3
24.2
CardUsed pricetok/stok/s per $100tok/s per 100 W
RTX 50608 GBBest used value
about $38845.8
11.8
31.6
RTX 3060 12GB12 GB
about $32936.8
11.2
21.6
RTX 507012 GB
about $73668.7
9.3
27.5
RTX 407012 GB
about $57551.5
9.0
25.8
RTX 40608 GB
about $33527.8
8.3
24.2
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB8 GB
about $36229.4
8.1
18.4
RTX 4070 SUPER12 GB
about $67551.5
7.6
23.4
RTX 4070 Ti12 GB
about $72251.5
7.1
18.1

Cost per token: the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB against 8–12 GB cards

On Qwen3.5 9B (9B params, Q4_K_M, 4K context). Speed, cost per token and power per token depend on the model.

8 GB12 GBthis cardat MSRP
$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50$0$1,000$ per 1M output tokens · lower is betterused price →RTX 4070 · 12 GB · ≈$575 · $0.87 per 1M tokensRTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB · ≈$329 · $0.76 per 1M tokensRTX 5060 · 8 GB · ≈$388 · $0.67 per 1M tokensRTX 5070 · 12 GB · ≈$736 · $0.83 per 1M tokensRTX 4070 SUPER · 12 GB · ≈$675 · $1.01 per 1M tokensRTX 4070 Ti · 12 GB · ≈$722 · $1.12 per 1M tokensRTX 4060 · 8 GB · ≈$335 · $0.94 per 1M tokensRTX 4060 Ti 8GB · 8 GB · ≈$362 · $1.01 per 1M tokensRTX 4060 Ti 8GBRTX 5060RTX 5070RTX 4070RTX 4070 SUPERRTX 4070 TiRTX 3060 12GB
$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50$0$1k$ per 1M output tokens · lower is betterused price →RTX 4070 · 12 GB · ≈$575 · $0.87 per 1M tokensRTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB · ≈$329 · $0.76 per 1M tokensRTX 5060 · 8 GB · ≈$388 · $0.67 per 1M tokensRTX 5070 · 12 GB · ≈$736 · $0.83 per 1M tokensRTX 4070 SUPER · 12 GB · ≈$675 · $1.01 per 1M tokensRTX 4070 Ti · 12 GB · ≈$722 · $1.12 per 1M tokensRTX 4060 · 8 GB · ≈$335 · $0.94 per 1M tokensRTX 4060 Ti 8GB · 8 GB · ≈$362 · $1.01 per 1M tokensRTX 4060 Ti 8GBRTX 5060RTX 5070
Cost per 1M output tokenson Qwen3.5 9B · card over 3 years + power
$1.01
Card, used price
$0.78
Power
$0.23
3-year cost of ownership$467
Or rent an RTX 5080 in the cloud$0.23/hr

Renting costs as much as buying after ≈1,600 hours (≈1.1 years at 4 h a day).

Include card price

Each dot is a card; hover or tap it for its numbers, click to open it. Cards without a price for the chosen basis are left out. How we calculate cost per token

Similar GPUs

Cards people weigh against the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, each with the one reason it is worth a look. Speeds on Qwen3.5 9B.

4 GB more and 25% fasterRTX 3060 12GBNVIDIA · 12 GB · Ampere
▲ 25% speed▲ 4 GBabout $329rent $0.06/hr
4 GB more and 39% fasterRX 9070 GREAMD · 12 GB · RDNA 4
▲ 39% speed▲ 4 GBabout $549
Same 8 GB, new with warrantyRTX 5060NVIDIA · 8 GB · Blackwell
▲ 56% speedsame 8 GBabout $460
4 GB more and 75% fasterRTX 4070NVIDIA · 12 GB · Ada Lovelace
▲ 75% speed▲ 4 GBabout $599rent $0.14/hr
37% faster, same 8 GBA750Intel · 8 GB · Alchemist
▲ 37% speedsame 8 GBabout $289
8 GB more and 2.3× the speedRTX 4070 Ti SUPERNVIDIA · 16 GB · Ada Lovelace
▲ 134% speed▲ 8 GBabout $799rent $0.15/hr

RTX 4060 Ti 8GB tokens per second by model size

Output speed depends on memory bandwidth (288 GB/s). Grey rows need more than 8 GB.

  1. 9BQwen3.5 9B · Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
    29.4tok/s
  2. 14BQwen3 14B · not at 4-bit
    needs 11.9 GB
  3. 27–31BQwen3.8 27B · not at 4-bit
    needs 17.9 GB
  4. 35B MoEQwen3.6 35B A3B · not at 4-bit
    needs 22.0 GB
  5. 70BLlama 3.3 70B Instruct · not at 4-bit
    needs 51.3 GB
  6. 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 822 models on the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB

Featured only

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 4060 Ti 8GB — ranked by Score, recency and Fit
ModelVRAMScoreFit
Phi 3.5 Moe Tiny Random
Q4_K_M·624.0 t/s
0.3 GBS100, Runs great
Llm Jp 4.1 8B Thinking
Q4_K_M·32.7 t/s
7.6 GBB49, Decent
Tiny GptOssForCausalLM
Q4_K_M·624.0 t/s
0.6 GBS100, Runs great
Archaea 74M
Q4_K_M·534.9 t/s
0.3 GBS100, Runs great
Tiny Random ArceeForCausalLM
Q4_K_M·624.0 t/s
0.3 GBS100, Runs great
SmolLM 135M Instruct FP32
Q4_K_M·435.3 t/s
0.4 GBS100, Runs great
Tiny GptOssForCausalLM
Q4_K_M·624.0 t/s
0.6 GBS100, Runs great
SmolVLM2 2.2B Instruct
Q4_K_M·126.5 t/s
2.3 GBS95, Runs great
Functiongemma 270M Ft Mobile Actions
BF16·317.3 t/s
1.6 GBS100, Runs great
MobileLLM R1 360M
Q4_K_M·780.0 t/s
1.3 GBS100, Runs great
K2 Horizon 7B Uno
Q4_K_M·40.5 t/s
7.1 GBB63, Decent
SmolVLM2 256M Video Instruct
Q4_K_M·374.4 t/s
0.6 GBS100, Runs great
Supra Mini V5 8M
Q4_K_M·585.0 t/s
0.3 GBS100, Runs great
GPT X2 125M
BF16·292.5 t/s
0.6 GBS100, Runs great
Tiny Qwen3MoeForCausalLM
Q4_K_M·624.0 t/s
0.6 GBS100, Runs great

RTX 4060 Ti 8GB specs, power and PSU

Specs

Architecture
Ada Lovelace
VRAM
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
288.0 GB/s
FP16 (dense)
44.10 TFLOPS
CUDA cores
4,352
Tensor cores
136
Compute capability
8.9
TDP
160 W
Released
2023-05-24
MSRP
$399

RTX 4060 Ti 8GB FAQ

Is the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB still worth it in 2026?

At ≈$362 used you get 8.1 tok/s per $100 on Qwen3.5 9B, which ranks 6th of the 8 cards compared here; it is also the 7th fastest out of 12 cards with 8 GB. It runs 7–9B models well; 14B doesn't fit in 8 GB.

What is the largest model the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB 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 29.4 tok/s.

Can the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB 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 4060 Ti 8GB give?

About 29.4 tok/s on Qwen3.5 9B at Q4_K_M, with the first token after 4.0 s on a 4K-token prompt.

What power supply does the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB need?

Plan a 350 W PSU (2× the 160 W TDP).

Is renting cheaper than buying an RTX 4060 Ti 8GB?

An RTX 5080 (16 GB) rents from $0.23/hr. Renting costs as much as buying after ≈1,600 hours (≈1.1 years at 4 h a day).

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