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August 23, 2026No. 113
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GeForce RTX 5080 ยท 16GB GDDR7

Can the GeForce RTX 5080 run Phi-3.5 mini Instruct?

Fits comfortably at Q4_K_M.

Phi-3.5 mini Instruct is 3.82B parameters. At Q4_K_M the weights are about 2.1 GiB; with the 1.5 GiB runtime reserve that is 3.6 GiB against the card's 16GB, leaving about 12.4 GiB for context.

All three quants

16GB card
QuantWeightsWith reserveVerdictHeadroom
Q4_K_Mthe everyday quant2.1 GiB3.6 GiBFits comfortably12.4 GiB
Q8_0near-lossless3.8 GiB5.3 GiBFits comfortably10.7 GiB
FP16full weights7.1 GiB8.6 GiBFits comfortably7.4 GiB

Verdict rules: fits comfortably when weights plus reserve sit within 85% of VRAM; tight when they fit with little left for context; CPU offload when they exceed VRAM by up to 2x (runs, slowly, with layers in system RAM); no beyond that. The KV cache per token depends on the model's architecture and is not modelled here.

Good match. Get the card.

The GeForce RTX 5080 clears Phi-3.5 mini Instruct at Q4_K_M and at Q8_0. Live listings below; this page was rebuilt 2026-08-23.

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About the model

Phi-3.5 mini Instruct by Microsoft: 131,072-token native context, text, released 2024 under the MIT. Model card →

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