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Can the NVIDIA RTX 3090 run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B?

RTX 3090 × Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q5_K_M23.1 GB of 24 GB
Weights 22.5 GBKV cache 0.1 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ5_K_MVery good
Speed~226tokens per second
Max context146Ktokens that fit at Q5_K_M
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 3090 can run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q5_K_M (very good), using about 23.1 GB of the 24 GB available, at roughly 226 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B:

ollama run nemotron-3-nano:30b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 19.8 GB here). You have room for Q5_K_M, which is very good: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

New to this? Step-by-step setup for the RTX 3090

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 24 GB the NVIDIA RTX 3090 can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality63.9 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless34.2 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent26.6 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good23.1 GBFits~226 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular19.8 GBFits~265 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded16.1 GBFits~328 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded12.5 GBFits~428 tok/s

Measured speed from real RTX 3090 owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own NVIDIA RTX 3090, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B on the NVIDIA RTX 3090 yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an RTX 3090? Add your real speed

One command times Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh -s -- nemotron-3-nano:30b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="nemotron-3-nano:30b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 3090

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 3090 run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 3090 can run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q5_K_M (very good), using about 23.1 GB of the 24 GB available, at roughly 226 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B need?

About 19.8 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 63.9 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B on the NVIDIA RTX 3090?

Roughly 226 tokens per second at Q5_K_M, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 3090's 936 GB/s memory bandwidth.