AI models that fit on a 16 GB GPU
Open models that fit in 16 GB of VRAM: 52 as published, 48 at FP8 and 53 at INT4. Each model is listed on the smallest tier it fits at that precision, so anything smaller is on the 12 GB page or below.
GPUs with 16 GB
Cards whose datasheet VRAM puts them in this tier, up to the next tier at 24 GB. Prices are the lowest live data-center on-demand rate per GPU.
Fits as published
Models whose published weights, plus the flat overhead, fit this much memory with no quantization.
Text models
32 models.
Vision-language models
8 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| llava-1.5-7b-hf | 7.1B | F16 | 15.8 GB |
| paligemma-3b-ft-cococap-448 | 2.9B | F32 | 13.1 GB |
| gemma-3n-E2B-it | 5.4B | BF16 | 12.2 GB |
| Qwen3.5-9B-NVFP4 | 7.1B | BF16 | 15.8 GB |
| paligemma-3b-pt-224 | 2.9B | F32 | 13.1 GB |
| NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL-FP8 | 13.2B | F8_E4M3 | 14.7 GB |
| paligemma-3b-mix-224 | 2.9B | F32 | 13.1 GB |
| llava-v1.6-vicuna-7b | 7.1B | BF16 | 15.8 GB |
Image generation models
5 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen-Image-2.1-viggle-turbo | 7.1B | BF16 | 15.9 GB |
| Qwen-Image-2.1 | 7.1B | BF16 | 15.9 GB |
| Z-Image | 6.2B | BF16 | 13.8 GB |
| Juggernaut-Z-Image | 6.2B | F16 | 13.8 GB |
| Ming-Image-0.1-Design | 6.2B | BF16 | 13.8 GB |
Video generation models
2 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| CogVideoX-5b | 5.6B | BF16 | 12.5 GB |
| CogVideoX-5b-I2V | 5.6B | BF16 | 12.6 GB |
Speech models
3 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phi-4-multimodal-instruct | 5.6B | BF16 | 12.5 GB |
| svara-tts-v1 | 3.3B | F32 | 14.8 GB |
| Irodori-TTS-v4-Large | 3.3B | F32 | 14.7 GB |
Other models
2 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gemma-4-12B-it-FP8-Dynamic | 13.0B | F8_E4M3 | 14.5 GB |
| gemma-4-E2B-it-qat-w4a16-ct | 5.6B | BF16 | 12.4 GB |
Fits at FP8
Models that fit only after quantizing the weights to 8 bits (1 byte per parameter). Needs an FP8 checkpoint or an engine that quantizes on load, and a GPU with FP8 support.
Text models
28 models.
Vision-language models
4 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gemma-3-12b-it | 12.2B | BF16 | 13.6 GB |
| llava-1.5-13b-hf | 13.4B | F16 | 14.9 GB |
| pixtral-12b | 12.7B | BF16 | 14.2 GB |
| Llama-Guard-4-12B | 12.0B | BF16 | 13.4 GB |
Image generation models
5 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLUX.1-dev | 11.9B | BF16 | 13.3 GB |
| FLUX.1-schnell | 11.9B | BF16 | 13.3 GB |
| Krea-2-Turbo | 12.8B | BF16 | 14.3 GB |
| Krea-2-Raw | 12.8B | BF16 | 14.3 GB |
| FLUX.1-Krea-dev | 11.9B | BF16 | 13.3 GB |
Video generation models
5 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers | 14.3B | F32 | 16.0 GB |
| Wan2.2-I2V-A14B-Diffusers | 14.3B | F32 | 16.0 GB |
| Wan2.1-T2V-14B-Diffusers | 14.3B | F32 | 16.0 GB |
| Wan2.2-I2V-A14B-Lightning-Diffusers | 14.3B | BF16 | 16.0 GB |
| Wan2.1-T2V-14B | 14.3B | F32 | 16.0 GB |
Other models
6 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gemma-4-12B-it | 12.0B | BF16 | 13.4 GB |
| FLUX.1-Kontext-dev | 11.9B | BF16 | 13.3 GB |
| gemma-4-12B-it-qat-q4_0-unquantized | 12.0B | BF16 | 13.4 GB |
| gemma-4-12B | 12.0B | BF16 | 13.4 GB |
| Jev-Omni | 12.0B | BF16 | 13.4 GB |
| NVIDIA-NemotronLabs-VoiceChat-11B | 11.1B | F32 | 12.4 GB |
Fits at INT4
Models that fit only after quantizing to 4 bits (0.5 byte per parameter). Needs a quantized checkpoint actually published for the model; check its Hugging Face page before relying on a row.
Text models
18 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8-27B-OBLITERATED | 27.8B | BF16 | 15.5 GB |
| Dolphin-Mistral-24B-Venice-Edition | 24.0B | BF16 | 13.4 GB |
| droplychee-1.0-27b | 27.8B | BF16 | 15.5 GB |
| Qwen3.5-27B-Claude-4.6-Opus-Reasoning-Distilled-FP8-Dynamic | 27.4B | F8_E4M3 | 15.3 GB |
| gemma-2-27b-it | 27.2B | BF16 | 15.2 GB |
| EVE-27b-XENO-HAT-DeepSeek-V4-Flash | 27.8B | BF16 | 15.5 GB |
| ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-PT | 21.9B | BF16 | 12.3 GB |
| medgemma-27b-text-it | 27.0B | BF16 | 15.1 GB |
| Trinity-Mini | 26.1B | BF16 | 14.6 GB |
| Qwen3.8-27B-AEON-ULTIMATE-UNCENSORED-BF16 | 27.8B | BF16 | 15.5 GB |
| ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking | 21.8B | BF16 | 12.2 GB |
| Ektome-Qwen3.8-27B-PristinelyUncensored | 27.4B | BF16 | 15.3 GB |
| gemma-2-27b | 27.2B | BF16 | 15.2 GB |
| gemma-2-27b | 27.2B | F32 | 15.2 GB |
| solar-pro-preview-instruct | 22.1B | BF16 | 12.4 GB |
| Hemmingway-1 | 26.9B | BF16 | 15.0 GB |
| Qwen3.8-27B-pi | 27.8B | BF16 | 15.5 GB |
| Dolphin3.0-R1-Mistral-24B | 23.6B | BF16 | 13.2 GB |
Vision-language models
26 models.
Other models
9 models.
| Model | Parameters | Published as | VRAM needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEV-26B-Decide | 25.8B | BF16 | 14.4 GB |
| JEV-27B | 26.9B | BF16 | 15.0 GB |
| Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501 | 23.6B | BF16 | 13.2 GB |
| Qwen3.8-Whittle-MoE-27B-A17.8B | 26.9B | BF16 | 15.0 GB |
| openjev | 27.4B | BF16 | 15.3 GB |
| rune-26b-a4b-GGUF | 25.8B | BF16 | 14.4 GB |
| pplx-decider-v1-27b | 26.1B | BF16 | 14.6 GB |
| kev-27b | 25.6B | BF16 | 14.3 GB |
| Orion-26B-A4B-v1 | 25.8B | BF16 | 14.4 GB |
How these numbers are computed
Required VRAM is the weight size at each precision times a flat 1.2 overhead, the same figure every model page shows. It does not include a long context: the KV cache grows with every token, so a model near the top of a tier can need the next one at long context. Read how much VRAM you need for LLMs for the method, the VRAM and quantization glossary entries for the terms, and the VRAM calculator to size a model that is not listed.
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