What Can the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti Run?
12 GB · compatibility with 168 AI models
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Short answer: the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti (12 GB) can run 164 of 168 AI image, video, 3D and audio models we track. Best picks: Qwen-Image 2.1, Z-Image Turbo, WAN 2.2 T2V A14B (MoE), WAN 2.2 TI2V 5B, WAN 2.2 I2V A14B.
| Perfect | Great | Good | Usable | Barely | Can't Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 models | 66 models | 73 models | 12 models | 0 models | 4 models |
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti specs for AI
| Brand | NVIDIA |
|---|---|
| Series | RTX 30 |
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| Architecture | ampere |
| FP16 compute | 34.1 TFLOPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 912 GB/s |
| FP8 support | No |
| Released | 2021 |
| Launch price | $999 |
AI models on the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
Each model uses the best format that fits in 12 GB. How ratings work.
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| Model | Rating | Runs as | VRAM used | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stable Diffusion 1.5 | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| Stable Diffusion 1.4 | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| Stable Diffusion 2.1 | Great | FP16 | 5 GB | Fast |
| Stable Diffusion 2.0 | Great | FP16 | 5 GB | Fast |
| PixArt-Alpha 600M | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| SDXL Base 1.0 | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| SDXL Turbo | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| Animagine XL 3.1 | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| Pony Diffusion v6 XL | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| NoobAI XL | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| Juggernaut XL Ragnarok | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| SDXL Lightning 4-step | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| DreamShaper XL | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| Illustrious XL v1.0 | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| Playground v2.5 2.6B | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| RealVisXL v5.0 | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| Epicrealism XL | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| PixArt-Sigma 900M | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| Stable Diffusion 3 Medium (2B) | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| SDXL Hyper 1-step | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| Qwen-Image 2.1 | Great | GGUF Q4 | 4 GB | Moderate |
| Flux.2 Klein 4B | Great | GGUF Q4 | 4 GB | Moderate |
| Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium (2.5B) | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| HunyuanDiT 1.5B | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| FLUX.2 Klein 9B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 5 GB | Moderate |
| ERNIE-Image 8B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 5 GB | Moderate |
| Chroma1 HD | Good | GGUF Q4 | 5 GB | Moderate |
| Z-Image Base | Good | GGUF Q4 | 6 GB | Moderate |
| Ideogram 4.0 | Good | GGUF Q4 | 6 GB | Moderate |
| Ming-Image 0.1 Design | Good | GGUF Q4 | 6 GB | Moderate |
| Z-Image Turbo | Good | FP16 | 10 GB | Fast |
| Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large (8B) | Good | GGUF Q4 | 7 GB | Moderate |
| Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Turbo | Good | GGUF Q4 | 7 GB | Moderate |
| FLUX.1 Krea Dev | Good | GGUF Q4 | 7 GB | Moderate |
| Krea 2 Turbo | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| Flux.1 Dev 12B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| Flux.1 Schnell 12B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| HunyuanImage 3.0 | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| HiDream-O1-Image 8.8B | Good | Offload | 4 GB | Very Slow |
| Kolors | Good | Offload | 6 GB | Very Slow |
| Seedream 3.0 | Good | Offload | 8 GB | Very Slow |
| GLM-Image | Good | Offload | 8 GB | Very Slow |
| MOSS-Image 5B | Good | FP16 | 12 GB | Fast |
| Flux.1 Lite | Good | FP16 | 12 GB | Fast |
| AuraFlow 0.3 | Good | FP16 | 12 GB | Fast |
| Qwen-Image 2512 (20B) | Usable | GGUF Q4 | 12 GB | Moderate |
| Flux.2 Dev 32B | Usable | Offload | 12 GB | Very Slow |
Image to Image
| Model | Rating | Runs as | VRAM used | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD 1.5 img2img | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| InstructPix2Pix | Great | FP16 | 5 GB | Fast |
| SDXL img2img | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| IP-Adapter SDXL | Good | FP16 | 9 GB | Fast |
| Boogu-Image Edit | Good | GGUF Q4 | 6 GB | Moderate |
| LongCat-Image Edit | Good | GGUF Q4 | 6 GB | Moderate |
| IP-Adapter FaceID SDXL | Good | FP16 | 10 GB | Fast |
| Mage-Flow 4B | Good | FP16 | 10 GB | Fast |
| Flux.1 Dev img2img 12B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| Flux Kontext Dev | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| Qwen-Image-Edit 2511 | Usable | GGUF Q4 | 12 GB | Moderate |
Inpainting
| Model | Rating | Runs as | VRAM used | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD 1.5 Inpainting | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| SDXL Inpainting | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| PowerPaint v2.1 | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| BrushNet | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| Flux.1 Fill Dev | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
ControlNet
| Model | Rating | Runs as | VRAM used | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ControlNet SD 1.5 | Great | FP16 | 5 GB | Fast |
| T2I-Adapter SDXL | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| ControlNet SDXL | Good | FP16 | 9 GB | Fast |
| ControlNet Flux | Good | GGUF Q4 | 10 GB | Moderate |
Video
| Model | Rating | Runs as | VRAM used | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAN 2.1 T2V 1.3B | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| AnimateDiff Lightning | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| AnimateDiff v3 (SD 1.5) | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| ZeroScope v2 576w | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| AnimateDiff V2V | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| AnimateDiff I2V | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| Stable Video Diffusion 1.1 | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| CogVideoX 2B | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| ModelScope T2V | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| TokenFlow | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| Latte | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| SEINE | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| CogVideoX 5B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 5 GB | Moderate |
| CogVideoX 5B I2V | Good | GGUF Q4 | 5 GB | Moderate |
| Kandinsky 6.0 Video Lite 3B | Good | FP16 | 9 GB | Fast |
| LTX-Video 0.9 (2B) | Good | FP16 | 10 GB | Fast |
| LTX-Video I2V | Good | FP16 | 10 GB | Fast |
| Stable Video Diffusion XT 1.1 (25 frames) | Good | FP16 | 10 GB | Fast |
| DynamiCrafter 512 | Good | FP16 | 10 GB | Fast |
| WAN 2.2 T2V A14B (MoE) | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| WAN 2.2 I2V A14B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| WAN 2.1 T2V 14B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| WAN 2.1 I2V 480P 14B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| WAN 2.1 V2V | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| HunyuanVideo T2V v1.5 | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| HunyuanVideo I2V v1.5 | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| HunyuanVideo 13B T2V | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| HunyuanVideo I2V | Good | GGUF Q4 | 8 GB | Moderate |
| SkyReels V3 R2V 14B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 9 GB | Moderate |
| Ovi 1.1 | Good | Offload | 5 GB | Very Slow |
| Wan 2.2 S2V 14B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 10 GB | Moderate |
| WAN 2.1 I2V 720P 14B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 10 GB | Moderate |
| Wan-Animate-2 14B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 10 GB | Moderate |
| SCAIL-2 14B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 10 GB | Moderate |
| Wan-Dancer 14B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 10 GB | Moderate |
| HuMo 17B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 10 GB | Moderate |
| SkyReels V1 | Good | Offload | 6 GB | Very Slow |
| SkyReels V1 I2V | Good | Offload | 6 GB | Very Slow |
| LongCat-Video 13.6B | Good | Offload | 6 GB | Very Slow |
| Wan 2.2 Animate 14B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 11 GB | Moderate |
| LTX-2 19B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 11 GB | Moderate |
| FramePack I2V HY FP8 | Good | Offload | 8 GB | Very Slow |
| WAN 2.2 TI2V 5B | Good | FP16 | 12 GB | Fast |
| AnimateDiff SDXL | Good | FP16 | 12 GB | Fast |
| Waver 1.0 | Good | FP16 | 12 GB | Fast |
| LTX-2.5 22B | Usable | GGUF Q3 | 11 GB | Slow |
| LTX-2.3 22B | Usable | GGUF Q3 | 11 GB | Slow |
| MiniMax H3 FL2VA | Usable | GGUF Q4 | 12 GB | Moderate |
| MiniMax H3 Ref2VA | Usable | GGUF Q4 | 12 GB | Moderate |
| LTX-Video 13B | Usable | Offload | 12 GB | Very Slow |
| Open-Sora 2.0 (11B) | Usable | Offload | 12 GB | Very Slow |
| MAGI-1 | Usable | Offload | 12 GB | Very Slow |
| DynamiCrafter 1024 | Usable | Offload | 12 GB | Very Slow |
| MOVA | Can't Run | — | needs 29 GB | — |
| Mochi 1 10B | Can't Run | — | needs 16 GB | — |
Upscaler
| Model | Rating | Runs as | VRAM used | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x-UltraSharp | Perfect | FP32 | 0.3 GB | Fast |
| 4x-Remacri | Perfect | FP32 | 0.3 GB | Fast |
| SwinIR | Perfect | FP32 | 0.5 GB | Fast |
| RealESRGAN x4plus | Perfect | FP32 | 0.3 GB | Fast |
| HAT | Perfect | FP32 | 0.5 GB | Fast |
| DAT | Perfect | FP32 | 0.5 GB | Fast |
| ScuNET | Perfect | FP32 | 0.3 GB | Fast |
| LDSR | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| SeedVR2 7B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 5 GB | Moderate |
| SeedVR2 3B | Good | FP16 | 9 GB | Fast |
Face/Restore
| Model | Rating | Runs as | VRAM used | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFPGAN v1.4 | Perfect | FP32 | 0.3 GB | Fast |
| CodeFormer v0.1 | Perfect | FP32 | 0.3 GB | Fast |
VAE
| Model | Rating | Runs as | VRAM used | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD 1.5 VAE ft-mse | Perfect | FP32 | 0.2 GB | Fast |
| Flux VAE | Perfect | FP32 | 0.3 GB | Fast |
| SDXL VAE | Perfect | FP32 | 0.3 GB | Fast |
| TAESD / TAESDXL | Perfect | FP32 | 0.1 GB | Fast |
3D
| Model | Rating | Runs as | VRAM used | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TripoSR | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| Shap-E | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| InstantMesh | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| Zero123++ v1.2 | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| LGM | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| One-2-3-45 | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| Hunyuan3D 2.1 | Good | FP16 | 10 GB | Fast |
| SV3D | Good | FP16 | 10 GB | Fast |
| Hunyuan3D 2.0 | Good | FP16 | 12 GB | Fast |
| Pixal3D | Usable | Offload | 10 GB | Very Slow |
| TRELLIS.2 4B | Can't Run | — | needs 12 GB | — |
| SAM 3D Objects | Can't Run | — | needs 32 GB | — |
Audio
| Model | Rating | Runs as | VRAM used | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MusicGen Small (300M) | Great | FP16 | 2 GB | Fast |
| XTTS v2 | Great | FP16 | 3 GB | Fast |
| Stable Audio 3 Small-SFX | Great | FP16 | 3 GB | Fast |
| Whisper Large v3 | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| Chatterbox Multilingual | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| MMAudio Large 44k | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| Stable Audio Open | Great | FP16 | 4 GB | Fast |
| Qwen3-TTS 1.7B | Great | FP16 | 5 GB | Fast |
| MusicGen Medium (1.5B) | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| IndexTTS 2.5 | Great | FP16 | 6 GB | Fast |
| VibeVoice 1.5B | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| Stable Audio 3 Medium | Great | FP16 | 7 GB | Fast |
| ACE-Step 1.5 Turbo | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| Bark | Great | FP16 | 8 GB | Fast |
| Fish Audio S2 Pro 4B | Good | GGUF Q4 | 7 GB | Moderate |
| YuE2 3B | Good | Offload | 8 GB | Very Slow |
| MiniMax Music 3 | Good | Offload | 8 GB | Very Slow |
| MusicGen Large (3.3B) | Good | FP16 | 12 GB | Fast |
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti have?
The NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti has 12 GB of VRAM with 912 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
What AI models can the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti run?
It can run 164 of the 168 AI models we track: 13 perfectly (S), 66 great (A), 73 good (B), 12 usable (C) and 0 barely (D). 4 need more VRAM than it has.
Can the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti run MiniMax H3 FL2VA?
Yes, in GGUF Q4 (rating C, usable).
Can the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti run MiniMax H3 Ref2VA?
Yes, in GGUF Q4 (rating C, usable).
Can the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti run Qwen-Image 2.1?
Yes, in GGUF Q4 (rating A, great).
Can the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti run Z-Image Turbo?
Yes, in FP16 (rating B, good).