Can Used NVIDIA RTX 4070 12GB run Llama, Qwen & DeepSeek? 284 models that fit

284 of the 493 models in the Spanvero catalog fit Used NVIDIA RTX 4070 12GB's 12 GB VRAM (at a sensible quant, 16k context). For each: run it locally ($0 compute + electricity), rent an equivalent GPU ($0 markup, as of 2026-07-09), or pay per-token via your own API key (as of 2026-08-17).

Three honest ways to run each model on Used NVIDIA RTX 4070 12GB

• Run it locally: $0 in compute — you pay only electricity (~200 W under load on this card). Local is real money, never a fake "$0".
• Rent an equivalent GPU: from a $0-markup vendor rate (as of 2026-07-09) — you rent on your own account and pay the vendor directly; we never resell compute.
• Skip the box: run the same model through your own API key, paying per million tokens (prices as of 2026-08-17).

What fits Used NVIDIA RTX 4070 12GB (12 GB VRAM)

• 284 of the 493 notable models in the Spanvero catalog fit Used NVIDIA RTX 4070 12GB at a sensible quant (context capped at 16k for the estimate). Most capable first:
• deepseek moe 16b base (deepseek-ai, 16.4B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2996/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• deepseek moe 16b chat (deepseek-ai, 16.4B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2996/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• LLaDA2.0 mini (inclusionAI, 16.3B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2982/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• LLaDA2.1 mini (inclusionAI, 16.3B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2982/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Ling mini 2.0 (inclusionAI, 16.3B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2982/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Lite Instruct (DeepSeek, 15.7B) — needs ~11 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2894/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Qwen3 30B A3B NVFP4 (nvidia, 15.6B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2879/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.22/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Qwen1.5 MoE A2.7B (Qwen, 14.3B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2685/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.21/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• talkie 1930 13b it hf (lewtun, 13.3B) — needs ~11 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2534/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.21/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• HarmBench Llama 2 13b cls (cais, 13B) — needs ~11 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2488/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.20/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Vikhr Nemo 12B Instruct R 21 09 24 (Vikhrmodels, 12.2B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2365/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.20/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• mistralai Mistral Nemo Instruct 2407 (SillyTilly, 12.2B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2365/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.20/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Mellum2 12B A2.5B Thinking (JetBrains, 12.1B) — needs ~9 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2349/1M in electricity, rent NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.06/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.20/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Mellum2 12B A2.5B Base (JetBrains, 12.1B) — needs ~9 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2349/1M in electricity, rent NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.06/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.20/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• pythia 12b (EleutherAI, 12B) — needs ~10 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2334/1M in electricity, rent NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.06/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.20/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Bielik 11B v2.3 Instruct (speakleash, 11.2B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2208/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.19/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 (upstage, 10.7B) — needs ~9 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2129/1M in electricity, rent NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.06/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.19/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Falcon3-10B Instruct (TII, 10B) — needs ~10 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.2017/1M in electricity, rent NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.06/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.18/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Darwin 9B NEG (ansulev, 9.7B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.1968/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.18/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• SeeClick (cckevinn, 9.7B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.1968/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.18/1M via your own API key (size estimate).

• deepseek moe 16b base — full cost breakdown
• deepseek moe 16b chat — full cost breakdown
• LLaDA2.0 mini — full cost breakdown
• LLaDA2.1 mini — full cost breakdown
• Ling mini 2.0 — full cost breakdown
• DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Lite Instruct — full cost breakdown
• Qwen3 30B A3B NVFP4 — full cost breakdown
• Qwen1.5 MoE A2.7B — full cost breakdown
• talkie 1930 13b it hf — full cost breakdown
• HarmBench Llama 2 13b cls — full cost breakdown
• Vikhr Nemo 12B Instruct R 21 09 24 — full cost breakdown
• mistralai Mistral Nemo Instruct 2407 — full cost breakdown
• Mellum2 12B A2.5B Thinking — full cost breakdown
• Mellum2 12B A2.5B Base — full cost breakdown
• pythia 12b — full cost breakdown
• Bielik 11B v2.3 Instruct — full cost breakdown
• SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 — full cost breakdown
• Falcon3-10B Instruct — full cost breakdown
• Darwin 9B NEG — full cost breakdown
• SeeClick — full cost breakdown

The honest cost of owning Used NVIDIA RTX 4070 12GB

• The full ownership math for this card — its dated street price, 3-year amortization, electricity, and the own-vs-rent break-evens — lives on the dedicated NVIDIA RTX 4070 12GB GPU page (linked under "Keep exploring" below), so those numbers are published once, in one place.

Too big for Used NVIDIA RTX 4070 12GB — rent or use an API instead

• These need more than the 12 GB VRAM on this card. Closest first — you can still run them on a rented GPU ($0 markup) or via your own API key:
• NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B NVFP4 (nvidia, 18.2B) — needs ~13 GB; rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr, or ~$0.25/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 (nvidia, 17.8B) — needs ~13 GB; rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr, or ~$0.24/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Qwen3 30B A3B NVFP4 (RedHatAI, 17.5B) — needs ~13 GB; rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr, or ~$0.24/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Moonlight 16B A3B Instruct (moonshotai, 16B) — needs ~13 GB; rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr, or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Moonlight 16B A3B (moonshotai, 16B) — needs ~13 GB; rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr, or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Qwen3 14B (Qwen, 14.8B) — needs ~13 GB; rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr, or ~$0.18/1M via your own API key.

Keep exploring

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