What is the best local model for coding on the Gtx 1080?

On the Gtx 1080, ministral-3:8b ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (63.5/100 at ~36.3 tok/s).

What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the Gtx 1080?

On the Gtx 1080, mistral-small:24b-instruct-2501-q4_K_M ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (84.4/100 at ~4.0 tok/s).

GPU-specific specifications for local LLM planning.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Models we recommend for Gtx 1080.

Fastest & Best quality & Largest context

7.5B

50.0 tok/sQuality 73.0Context 8,192 tokens

Highest token generation speed at 50.0 tok/s. Highest completed quality score at 73.0. Largest context that fits in 8GB VRAM, at 8,192 tokens.

Which models actually run best on the Gtx 1080, by task, from community benchmark data.

What is the best local model for coding on the Gtx 1080?: On the Gtx 1080, ministral-3:8b ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (63.5/100 at ~36.3 tok/s).
What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the Gtx 1080?: On the Gtx 1080, mistral-small:24b-instruct-2501-q4_K_M ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (84.4/100 at ~4.0 tok/s).

Completed quality-ranked benchmark results for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.