NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB decides what fits. 256.3 GB/s decides how fast it runs once it does.
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- Largest popular model that fitsOlmo-3-7B-Instruct7.3B params · Q4_K_M · needs 7.96 GB~25 tok/s About reading paceOpen in the calculator →
- Best fast pickGLM-4.6V-Flash10B params · Q4_K_M · needs 7.45 GB~30 tok/s Faster than you readOpen in the calculator →
- Most downloaded that fitsQwen3.5-9B9.7B params · Q4_K_M · needs 7.05 GB~36 tok/s Faster than you readOpen in the calculator →
At 8,192 tokens of context with the whole model in device memory. Speeds are estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks run on this card.
130 of 320 fit entirely
130 of the 320 models the engine can size fit entirely in device memory at Q4_K_M where it is published, otherwise the nearest published format, and 8,192 tokens. 87 run with some layers on system memory (32 GB assumed), and 103 do not run at all.
Featured models · Q4_K_M at 8,192 tokens, including offload
| Model | Needs | Verdict | Decode | Calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.5-2B2.3B parameters | 2.32 GB | fits | ~141 tok/s | Open → |
| NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-BF164.0B parameters | 3.46 GB | fits | ~65 tok/s | Open → |
| Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct8.8B parameters | 7.04 GB | fits | ~30 tok/sAbout reading pace | Open → |
| Qwen3.5-9B9.7B parameters | 7.05 GB | fits | ~36 tok/s | Open → |
| gemma-4-12B-it12B parameters | 9.54 GB | 10 of 48 layers on system RAM (1.64 GB) | ~16 tok/s with offload | Open → |
| gpt-oss-20b21B parameters | 13.8 GB | 11 of 24 layers on system RAM (5.84 GB) | ~39 tok/s with offload | Open → |
| Qwen3.8-27B28B parameters | 18.6 GB | 40 of 64 layers on system RAM (10.7 GB) | ~5.5 tok/s with offload | Open → |
| Qwen3.6-27B28B parameters | 18.6 GB | 40 of 64 layers on system RAM (10.7 GB) | ~5.5 tok/s with offload | Open → |
| Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct49B parameters | 30.4 GB | 21 of 27 layers on system RAM (22.9 GB) | ~39 tok/s with offload | Open → |
| Qwen3.8-Flash-Next180B parameters | 111.6 GB | needs 105.9 GB of system RAM; 32 GB assumed | does not run | Open → |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp305B parameters | 188.1 GB | needs 182.9 GB of system RAM; 32 GB assumed | does not run | Open → |
| GLM-5.3-Flash321B parameters | 198.3 GB | needs 192.9 GB of system RAM; 32 GB assumed | does not run | Open → |
These examples are selected from prominent labs using the catalogue’s latest Hugging Face 30-day downloads and repository-creation freshness signal, with newer releases guaranteed a place. Offloaded rows assume 32 GB of system RAM, and a speed is only shown for a row that runs. Fitting in memory is not the same as loading: whether the runtime and version you have supports each architecture and format on this machine has not been tested here. Each “Open” link carries the same model, format, context and RAM into the calculator.
Fits entirely in NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 memory — 130 of 320 sized models
The most demanding model that fits is Olmo-3-7B-Instruct at Q4_K_M: 7.96 GB of the 8 GB, leaving 0.04 GB spare.
Fully resident at 8,192 tokens (or the model’s own maximum, where that is shorter), offload off, at 256.3 GB/s. Each row is a run of the engine for this configuration; the rows start with current, prominent releases and “fits” is memory, not a tested runtime. Older or less prominent models remain available through this search and “Show all”.
Showing 40 of 130 models that fit.
| Model | Format | Needs | Spare | Decode | Downloads / 30d | Calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.5-9BQwen · 9.7B params | Q4_K_M | 7.05 GB | 0.95 GB | ~36 tok/s | 9M | Open → |
| Qwen3.5-4BQwen · 4.7B params | Q4_K_M | 3.98 GB | 4.02 GB | ~65 tok/s | 7.8M | Open → |
| Qwen3.5-2BQwen · 2.3B params | Q4_K_M | 2.32 GB | 5.68 GB | ~141 tok/s | 4.9M | Open → |
| gemma-4-E4B-itGoogle · 8.0B params | Q4_K_M | 5.86 GB | 2.14 GB | ~58 tok/s | 4.4M | Open → |
| NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-BF16NVIDIA · 4.0B params | Q4_K_M | 3.46 GB | 4.54 GB | ~65 tok/s | 3.4M | Open → |
| gemma-4-E2B-itGoogle · 5.1B params | Q4_K_M | 4.02 GB | 3.98 GB | ~152 tok/s | 3M | Open → |
| Qwen3.5-0.8BQwen · 873M params | Q4_K_M | 1.46 GB | 6.54 GB | ~310 tok/s | 2.6M | Open → |
| Qwen3-VL-8B-InstructQwen · 8.8B params | Q4_K_M | 7.04 GB | 0.96 GB | ~30 tok/sAbout reading pace | 14.6M | Open → |
| North-Micro-Vision-InstructCohereLabs · 2.5B params | Q4_K_M | 2.99 GB | 5.01 GB | ~93 tok/s | 180.7K | Open → |
| granite-4.2-8bIBM · 8.8B params | Q4_K_M | 7.49 GB | 0.51 GB | ~27 tok/sAbout reading pace | 128.4K | Open → |
| granite-4.1-3bIBM · 3.4B params | Q4_K_M | 3.72 GB | 4.28 GB | ~63 tok/s | 521.8K | Open → |
| LFM2.5-2.6BLiquidAI · 2.7B params | Q4_K_M | 2.61 GB | 5.39 GB | ~101 tok/s | 108.1K | Open → |
| Qwen3-VL-4B-InstructQwen · 4.4B params | Q4_K_M | 4.72 GB | 3.28 GB | ~47 tok/s | 3.5M | Open → |
| Qwen3-VL-2B-InstructQwen · 2.1B params | Q4_K_M | 3.05 GB | 4.95 GB | ~85 tok/s | 2.8M | Open → |
| granite-4.2-3bIBM · 3.7B params | Q4_K_M | 3.72 GB | 4.28 GB | ~63 tok/s | 50.6K | Open → |
| LFM2.5-230MLiquidAI · 230M params | Q4_K_M | 1.05 GB | 6.95 GB | ~703 tok/s | 88.6K | Open → |
| Qwen3-0.6BQwen · 752M params | Q4_K_M | 2.22 GB | 5.78 GB | ~131 tok/s | 29.7M | Open → |
| granite-4.1-8bIBM · 8.8B params | Q4_K_M | 7.49 GB | 0.51 GB | ~27 tok/sAbout reading pace | 179.3K | Open → |
| LFM2.5-VL-3BLiquidAI · 3.1B params | Q4_K_M | 2.85 GB | 5.15 GB | ~101 tok/s | 26.7K | Open → |
| MiMo-V2.6-Distill-Qwen-9BNEWXiaomiMiMo · 9.4B params | Q4_K_M | 6.90 GB | 1.10 GB | ~36 tok/s | 14.6K | Open → |
| Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507Qwen · 4.0B params | Q4_K_M | 4.72 GB | 3.28 GB | ~47 tok/s | 3.7M | Open → |
| Ling-3.0-tinyinclusionAI · 7.9B params | Q4_K_M | 5.85 GB | 2.15 GB | ~203 tok/s | 17.7K | Open → |
| Qwen3-8BQwen · 8.2B params | Q4_K_M | 7.04 GB | 0.96 GB | ~30 tok/sAbout reading pace | 10.7M | Open → |
| Olmo-3-7B-Instructallenai · 7.3B params | Q4_K_M | 7.96 GB | 0.04 GB | ~25 tok/sAbout reading pace | 481.7K | Open → |
| Qwen3-4BQwen · 4.0B params | Q4_K_M | 4.51 GB | 3.49 GB | ~47 tok/s | 7.8M | Open → |
| LFM2.5-8B-A1BLiquidAI · 8.5B params | Q4_K_M | 6.06 GB | 1.94 GB | ~157 tok/s | 32.4K | Open → |
| LFM2.5-350MLiquidAI · 354M params | Q4_K_M | 1.13 GB | 6.87 GB | ~454 tok/s | 69.9K | Open → |
| Hy-MT2-1.8BTencent · 2.0B params | Q4_K_M | 2.47 GB | 5.53 GB | ~105 tok/s | 28.9K | Open → |
| LFM2.5-1.2B-InstructLiquidAI · 1.2B params | Q4_K_M | 1.63 GB | 6.37 GB | ~168 tok/s | 119.2K | Open → |
| Qwen3-1.7BQwen · 2.0B params | Q4_K_M | 3.02 GB | 4.98 GB | ~85 tok/s | 3.1M | Open → |
| Nemotron-3.5-Content-SafetyNVIDIA · 4.3B params | Q4_K_M | 3.73 GB | 4.27 GB | ~63 tok/s | 14.1K | Open → |
| Hy-MT2-7BTencent · 8.0B params | Q4_K_M | 6.50 GB | 1.50 GB | ~31 tok/s | 15.4K | Open → |
| GLM-4.6V-Flashzai-org · 10B params | Q4_K_M | 7.45 GB | 0.55 GB | ~30 tok/s | 103.7K | Open → |
| Qwen2.5-VL-7B-InstructQwen · 8.3B params | Q4_K_M | 6.36 GB | 1.64 GB | ~36 tok/s | 5.8M | Open → |
| SmolLM3-3BHuggingFaceTB · 3.1B params | Q4_K_M | 3.46 GB | 4.54 GB | ~69 tok/s | 617K | Open → |
| Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512Mistral AI · 8.9B params | Q4_K_M | 7.14 GB | 0.86 GB | ~29 tok/sAbout reading pace | 121.2K | Open → |
| Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512Mistral AI · 3.8B params | Q4_K_M | 3.82 GB | 4.18 GB | ~58 tok/s | 114.1K | Open → |
| NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2NVIDIA · 8.9B params | Q4_K_M | 6.54 GB | 1.46 GB | ~30 tok/s | 333.6K | Open → |
| Qwen3-VL-8B-ThinkingQwen · 8.8B params | Q4_K_M | 7.04 GB | 0.96 GB | ~30 tok/sAbout reading pace | 144.2K | Open → |
| DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8BDeepSeek · 8.2B params | Q4_K_M | 7.04 GB | 0.96 GB | ~30 tok/sAbout reading pace | 694.9K | Open → |
Sized at the format most people actually download, not at FP16. The catalogue ordered by downloads →
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The specification behind every figure
What the manufacturer publishes for this device, and the pages it was read from.
Manufacturer specification
| Memory scope | dedicated |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 8 GB |
| Published options | 8 GB |
| Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Bus width | 256-bit |
| FP32 peak | Not published |
| Dense matrix peak | Not published without sparsity |
| TDP (third-party) | 150 W |
Source ledger
Caveats
- NVIDIA no longer publishes a specification page for the GTX 10 series, so every figure here comes from the TechPowerUp GPU Database (https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-1070.c2840), a third-party source, and is labelled as an estimate rather than a published specification.
- GTX 10 cards have no tensor cores and older CUDA support; llama.cpp still runs on them, some newer runtimes do not.
- No dense matrix throughput is published for this device in a form this catalogue accepts, so no compute roof is priced and time to first token is withheld.
Published capacity is a hardware ceiling, not guaranteed free runtime memory. The calculator shows the runtime reserve separately rather than folding it into a single number.
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