GeForce RTX 3090 Price & Used Prices: Which Local LLMs Can It Run?
The GeForce RTX 3090 has 24GB of GDDR6X memory with 936 GB/s of bandwidth. The median asking price is about $1,204 on Xianyu. At Q4 quantization it runs models up to 32B parameters at roughly 33 tokens/s.
GeForce RTX 3090 price history
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Full GeForce RTX 3090 specifications
What LLMs can the GeForce RTX 3090 run?
Versions released since 2026 with up to 50B parameters| Model | 2-bit | 4-bit | 8-bit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fits | Speed t/s | Context | Fits | Speed t/s | Context | Fits | Speed t/s | Context | |
| GemmaGemma 4 E4B | ✓ | 168.4 | 128K | ✓ | 121.1 | 128K | ✓ | 70.2 | 128K |
| QwenQwen3.5 9B | ✓ | 139.7 | 128K | ✓ | 100.4 | 128K | ✓ | 58.2 | 32K |
| GemmaGemma 4 12B | ✓ | 99.8 | 32K | ✓ | 74.1 | 32K | ✓ | 44.6 | 8K |
| GemmaGemma 4 26B A4B | ✓ | 129 | 32K | ✓ | 112.2 | 32K | Offload | 24.4 | — |
| QwenQwen3.6 27B | ✓ | 54.2 | 32K | ✓ | 37.8 | 8K | ✗ | — | — |
| QwenQwen3.8 27B | ✓ | 54.2 | 32K | ✓ | 37.8 | 8K | ✗ | — | — |
| GLMGLM 4.7 Flash | ✓ | 165.2 | 128K | ✓ | 144.4 | 32K | Offload | 22.1 | — |
| GemmaGemma 4 31B | ✓ | 40.6 | 8K | ✗ | — | — | ✗ | — | — |
| QwenQwen3.6 35B A3B | ✓ | 160.9 | 32K | ✓ | 141.1 | 32K | Offload | 32.7 | — |
Fits when weights + KV cache + runtime overhead is at or below usable memory, single card. "Offload" on MoE models means it runs with expert weights in system RAM (only attention layers and KV cache stay in VRAM); that speed assumes 70 GB/s RAM bandwidth. The context column is the largest tier that fits.
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FAQ
How much VRAM does the GeForce RTX 3090 have?
The GeForce RTX 3090 has 24GB of GDDR6X memory with 936 GB/s of bandwidth.
Can the GeForce RTX 3090 run a 70B model?
Not on a single card. At Q4_K_M with an 8K context a 70B dense model needs about 43GB, more than the GeForce RTX 3090's 24GB.
How much does a GeForce RTX 3090 cost?
The median asking price is about $1,204 on Xianyu. Figures are medians of live listings, refreshed every 6 hours.