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GeForce RTX 5070 VRAM: How Much Memory and What It Can Run

The GeForce RTX 5070 has 12 GB of VRAM. What that means for games and local AI models, with cited specs.

Last updated21 Oct 2026
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The GeForce RTX 5070 has 12 GB of GDDR7 VRAM with 672 GB/s of bandwidth (NVIDIA: GeForce RTX 5070 family specs; NVIDIA Newsroom (Jan 2025): RTX 5090/5080/5070 Ti/5070 pricing; Wikipedia: GeForce RTX 50 series (memory bandwidth table)).

VRAM and bus width from NVIDIA spec pages; bandwidth from Wikipedia series tables (not listed on NVIDIA pages); MSRPs from NVIDIA press releases. Current street prices: TBD.

Local AI models that fit (Q4, 8k context, estimated)

Llama 3.1 8B, Qwen3 4B, Qwen3 8B, Gemma 3 4B, Gemma 3 12B, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B.

Gaming

Per-game VRAM needs vary; check each game's published requirements. Measured in-game VRAM use: TBD.

Related: what is VRAM.

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