GPUs with 12 GB VRAM and more
Cards with at least 12 GB of video memory start at €0.12 an hour on VRAMfarm (RTX 3060). 12 GB holds a language model of about 18B parameters in 4-bit or 5B in FP16. For images and video: SDXL comfortably, Flux in fp8 with some offloading.
12 GB is the entry point for AI work: enough to learn ComfyUI, run SDXL, transcribe with Whisper or chat with an 8B model. It is also the cheapest memory you can rent.
Cards with 12 GB or more, cheapest first
| GPU | Type | Memory | TFLOPS FP32 | Where | Price per hour | ≈ per month | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 3060 | consumer | 12 GB | ≈12.7 | +10 | €0.12/h | €86 per month | Rent |
| RTX 4060 Ti | consumer | 16 GB | ≈22.1 | +5 | €0.16/h | €115 per month | Rent |
| RTX A4000 | workstation | 16 GB | ≈19.2 | +1 | €0.18/h | €130 per month | Rent |
| RTX 5070 Ti | consumer | 16 GB | ≈43.9 | +3 | €0.24/h | €173 per month | Rent |
| RTX 3090 | consumer | 24 GB | ≈35.6 | +15 | €0.30/h | €216 per month | Rent |
| RTX 4080 | consumer | 16 GB | ≈48.7 | +7 | €0.31/h | €223 per month | Rent |
| RTX A5000 | workstation | 24 GB | ≈27.8 | €0.33/h | €238 per month | Rent | |
| RTX 5080 | consumer | 16 GB | ≈56.3 | +7 | €0.33/h | €238 per month | Rent |
| L40 | data centre | 48 GB | ≈90.5 | €0.46/h | €331 per month | Rent | |
| RTX 4090 | consumer | 24 GB | ≈82.6 | +16 | €0.59/h | €425 per month | Rent |
| RTX A6000 | workstation | 48 GB | ≈38.7 | €0.72/h | €518 per month | Rent | |
| RTX 5090 | consumer | 32 GB | ≈104.8 | +15 | €0.76/h | €547 per month | Rent |
| L40S | data centre | 48 GB | ≈91.6 | +1 | €1.06/h | €763 per month | Rent |
| L4 | data centre | 24 GB | ≈30.3 | €1.37/h | €986 per month | Rent | |
| A100 | data centre | 80 GB | ≈19.5 | +2 | €1.46/h | €1,051 per month | Rent |
| RTX PRO 6000 | workstation | 96 GB | ≈125 | +8 | €2.12/h | €1,526 per month | Rent |
| H100 | data centre | 80 GB | ≈67 | +1 | €3.90/h | €2,808 per month | Rent |
| H200 | data centre | 141 GB | ≈67 | +2 | €5.43/h | €3,910 per month | Rent |
| B200 | data centre | 192 GB | ≈80 | €16.12/h | €11,606 per month | Rent |
To launch, your balance must cover one hour of the machine. You are billed by the minute for actual use.
What runs on 12 GB
Language models
Up to about 18B parameters in 4-bit (AWQ, GPTQ, GGUF Q4) or 5B in FP16, with room for a normal context. Long context and many parallel users need more. The VRAM calculator works it out for your model.
Images and video
SDXL comfortably, Flux in fp8 with some offloading.
Training
LoRA for SDXL with small batches; QLoRA of models up to about 3B.
Typical jobs at this size
- SDXL and Flux in fp8
- Chat models up to 14B in 4-bit
- Whisper and text to speech
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest GPU with 12 GB or more?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB, from €0.12 an hour on VRAMfarm, billed by the minute.
Which LLM can I run on 12 GB?
About 18B parameters in 4-bit or 5B in FP16, with room for a normal context. For example: Llama 3.1 8B, Qwen3 14B.
Can I combine the memory of several GPUs?
For language models, yes: vLLM and llama.cpp split a model across cards, so 2 × 24 GB can run what needs about 40 GB. For image and video models memory does not add up, one card has to hold the model.
How do I know 12 GB is enough?
Add up the weights (2 GB per billion parameters in FP16, 0.6 GB in 4-bit), the context cache and 10–15% for buffers, or use our VRAM calculator. If the model does not fit, it either fails with “CUDA out of memory” or runs much slower with offloading.
Rent 12 GB of VRAM
Top up from €10, pick a card from the list and start in a few minutes.