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Hobbyist seeks GPU advice for AI models: 3080 vs 3060

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A hobbyist is seeking advice on purchasing a graphics card for running AI models, specifically considering the RTX 3080. The user is weighing the 3080 against the RTX 3060 12GB, concerned about the trade-off between the 3080's speed and the 3060's VRAM, and is looking for community input on which card offers better value for running both large language models and diffusion models. AI

RANK_REASON This is a user query on a forum asking for advice on hardware for personal AI model use, not a significant industry event.

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Hobbyist seeks GPU advice for AI models: 3080 vs 3060

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  1. r/StableDiffusion TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Ok-Appointment6683 ·

    3080 for a hobbyist

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So am looking for a card that runs AI models from small but effective llm (7-9b) to diffusion unfortunately the 3080 was the only one that fit the budget I also looked at 3060 12gb but there almost in the same price range so I figured is the extr…

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