NVIDIA · Blackwell · 8 GB VRAM tier

Best AI Models for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU (8 GB)

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

8 GB GDDR7384 GB/s33 TFLOPS FP16100 WBlackwell 2025

8 GB GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus (384 GB/s): ~7-8B Q4 models at most. Speed varies with the chassis power limit.

What LLMs can the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU run?

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 39.2 t/s	39.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 76.6 t/s	76.6 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
3	Gemma 2 9B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB · 40.9 t/s	40.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB
4	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 87.9 t/s	87.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
5	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 197 t/s	197 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 · 39.2 t/s	39.2 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 87.9 t/s	87.9 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
3	Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba Q4_K_M · 5.8 GB · 50.0 t/s	50.0 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.8 GB
4	Gemma 2 9B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB · 40.9 t/s	40.9 tok/s	overall	Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB
5	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 197 t/s	197 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 76.6 t/s	76.6 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 39.2 t/s	39.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
3	Gemma 4 E4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB · 46.9 t/s	46.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB
4	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 197 t/s	197 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB
5	Spark X2.6 4BXHToken Q4_K_M · 4.3 GB · 84.3 t/s	84.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 4.3 GB

#	Model	Speed ↓	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 76.6 t/s	76.6 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 197 t/s	197 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB
3	Gemma 4 E4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB · 46.9 t/s	46.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB
4	MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB · 40.2 t/s	40.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB
5	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 39.2 t/s	39.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 39.2 t/s	39.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 76.6 t/s	76.6 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
3	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 87.9 t/s	87.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
4	MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB · 40.2 t/s	40.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB
5	MiniCPM V 4.7 1BOpenBMB Q4_K_M · 1.6 GB · 195 t/s	195 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 1.6 GB

See all 218 models on the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU →Best quant that fits · speeds estimated on this card

About the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU

The RTX 5060 Laptop GPU runs 7–9B models well. Blackwell generation, released 2025.

GenerationBlackwellreleased 2025

RTX 5060 Laptop GPU strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Runs 7–9B models: Qwen3.5 9B at 39.2 tok/s in 6.6 GB
Low power draw: 100 W board power; a 200 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
Slow prompt reading: A 4K-token prompt on Qwen3.5 9B waits 5.3 s for the first token

Similar GPUs

Cards people weigh against the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU, each with the one reason it is worth a look.

About as fast, same 8 GBRTX 2080 SUPERNVIDIA · 8 GB · Turing

same 8 GB$69950.7 tok/s

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

▲ 8 GB$1,199rent $0.25/hr73.3 tok/s

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

▲ 8 GB$999rent $0.26/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 5060 Laptop GPURTX 5070 TiNVIDIA · 16 GB · Blackwell

▲ 8 GB$1,170rent $0.20/hr91.6 tok/s

RTX 5060 Laptop GPU tokens per second by model size

Output speed depends on memory bandwidth (384 GB/s). Grey rows need more than 8 GB.

9BQwen3.5 9B · Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
39.2tok/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 5060 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 5060 Laptop GPU — ranked by Score, recency and Fit
Model	Quant	VRAM	Speed	Context	Fit
Gemma 3 1B Pt1000MChat Q4_K_M·378.2 t/s	Q4_K_M	2.1 GB26%	378.2 t/s	—	S100, Runs great
Starcoder2 7B7.2BChatCode Q4_K_M·52.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	5.7 GB71%	52.7 t/s	16K	A81, Runs well
Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B Instruct1.5BChatCodeFunctions Q4_K_M·195.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	1.7 GB21%	195.0 t/s	33K	S100, Runs great
Qwen1.5 0.5B Chat620MChat Q4_K_M·286.9 t/s	Q4_K_M	2.3 GB28%	286.9 t/s	33K	S100, Runs great
Deepseek Coder 7B Instruct V1.56.9BChatCode Q4_K_M·45.8 t/s	Q4_K_M	6.5 GB81%	45.8 t/s	4K	A77, Runs well
Gemma 4 12B12.0BChat Q3_K_L·34.8 t/s	Q3_K_L	8.0 GB100%	34.8 t/s	262K	C41, Usable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct3.8BChatCode Q4_K_M·73.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	4.2 GB53%	73.4 t/s	4K	S86, Runs great
Phi 414.7BChatMathCode IQ2_XXS·52.5 t/s	IQ2_XXS	7.7 GB96%	52.5 t/s	16K	B56, Decent
Apertus 8B Instruct 25098.1BChatFunctions Q4_K_M·46.2 t/s	Q4_K_M	7.3 GB91%	46.2 t/s	66K	B62, Decent
Qwen3 1.7B Base1.7BChat Q4_K_M·159.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.2 GB40%	159.0 t/s	33K	S97, Runs great
Qwen3Guard Gen 8B8.2BChat Q4_K_M·45.2 t/s	Q4_K_M	7.6 GB95%	45.2 t/s	33K	B55, Decent
Granite 3.0 2B Instruct2.6BChatFunctions Q4_K_M·121.8 t/s	Q4_K_M	2.2 GB28%	121.8 t/s	4K	S95, Runs great
Tiny Starcoder Py164MChatCode Q4_K_M·2269.1 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.5 GB6%	2269.1 t/s	8K	S100, Runs great
Qwen2.5 Coder 0.5B Instruct494MChatCodeFunctions Q4_K_M·402.6 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.8 GB10%	402.6 t/s	33K	S100, Runs great
Gemma 3 270M268MChat Q4_K_M·1386.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	1.2 GB15%	1386.7 t/s	—	S100, Runs great

RTX 5060 Laptop GPU specs, power and PSU

Specs

Architecture: Blackwell
VRAM: 8 GB GDDR7
Memory bandwidth: 384.0 GB/s
FP16 (dense): 33.24 TFLOPS
CUDA cores: 3,328
Tensor cores: 104
Compute capability: 12.0
TDP: 100 W
Released: 2025-05-01

RTX 5060 Laptop GPU FAQ

What is the largest model the RTX 5060 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 39.2 tok/s.

Can the RTX 5060 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 5060 Laptop GPU give?

About 39.2 tok/s on Qwen3.5 9B at Q4_K_M, with the first token after 5.3 s on a 4K-token prompt.

What power supply does the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU need?

Plan a 200 W PSU (2× the 100 W TDP).

Is renting cheaper than buying an RTX 5060 Laptop GPU?

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

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