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Best free AI models for the RTX 4080 Super

RTX 4080 Super: 16 GB of video memory, 736 GB/s. These are the free models it runs, ranked by Arena votes, with the speed you can expect.

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Best voted model, with RAM helpGemma 4 31BArena 1443 · ~9.7 tokens/s with 64 GB RAM
Largest dense model~23 Bat 4-bit, 8K context, fully on the GPU
Memory16 GB736 GB/s bandwidth
With two cardsGemma 4 31B32 GB · ~26 tokens/s

Bigger models with help from 64 GB of system RAM

Part of the model sits in system memory, which is much slower than video memory.

ModelArena scoreSize4-bit fileTokens/s
Gemma 4 31B
google
144331.3 B20 GB9.7
Qwen3.8-27B
alibaba
144127.8 B18 GB19
Gemma 4 26B A4B
google · MoE, 4 B active
143425.8 B17 GB107
Qwen3.5-27B
alibaba
140927.8 B18 GB19
gemma-3-27b-it
google
135827.4 B18 GB17

Popular small models

Official small models with no Arena votes yet, ordered by downloads on Hugging Face (popularity, not quality).

ModelDownloads/monthSize4-bit fileTokens/s
Qwen3-0.6B
Qwen
29.5M0.8 B1.7 GB287
Qwen3-4B
Qwen
11.8M4 B3.6 GB136
Qwen3-8B
Qwen
8.9M8.2 B6.2 GB85
Qwen3-14B
Qwen
8.4M14.8 B10 GB53
Qwen3.5-4B
Qwen
7.8M4.7 B4.0 GB156
Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen
7.5M9.7 B7.1 GB85

Estimates at 4-bit (Q4_K_M) with an 8K context, calibrated on 44 real llama.cpp tests (typical error about ±10%). Tokens per second: about 10 is reading speed. As an Amazon Associate, FreeLLMArena earns from qualifying purchases; the links do not change the rankings.

Questions

What is the best free AI model for the RTX 4080 Super?

No voted model fits entirely in 16 GB at 4-bit. Small models without Arena votes do, and larger ones run with help from system RAM, more slowly.

How big a model can the RTX 4080 Super run?

About 23 billion parameters for a dense model at 4-bit with an 8K context, fully on the GPU. Mixture-of-experts models can be bigger, and with 64 GB of system RAM larger models still run, more slowly.

Is the RTX 4080 Super good for local LLMs?

It has 16 GB of memory and 736 GB/s of bandwidth. Memory decides which models fit; bandwidth decides how fast they write. With 16 GB it runs models up to about 20 B fully on the GPU; 27–32 B models need help from system RAM.

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