Fastest
unsloth/LFM2.5-VL-1.6B-GGUF
1.6B
1101.6 tok/s
Highest token generation speed at 1101.6 tok/s.
Hardware Benchmarks
Best Local LLM Performance for RTX 4070
Compare RTX 4070 benchmark results and see which models actually earn the best completed quality scores.
Hardware Overview
GPU-specific specifications for local LLM planning.
- VRAM
- 12GB
Recommended Models
Models we recommend for RTX 4070.
Best quality
Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-PTQ1_0
27B
55.8 tok/sQuality 88.6
Highest completed quality score at 88.6.
Largest context
prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-9B-gguf:PQ2_0
9B
163.9 tok/sContext 262,144 tokens
Largest context that fits in 12GB VRAM, at 262,144 tokens.
Frequently asked questions
Which models actually run best on the RTX 4070, by task, from community benchmark data.
- What is the best local model for coding on the RTX 4070?
- On the RTX 4070, iq3xxs ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (85.4/100 at ~18.1 tok/s).
- What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the RTX 4070?
- On the RTX 4070, swift-iq2_xs ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (91.4/100 at ~91.5 tok/s). gpt-oss-20b-UD-Q4_K_XL is faster (~117.0 tok/s) and still scores well (87.6/100) — a good pick if you'd rather trade a little quality for speed.
Benchmark Results
Completed quality-ranked benchmark results for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.