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Can the NVIDIA RTX 5090 run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B?

RTX 5090 × Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q6_K26.6 GB of 32 GB
Weights 25.9 GBKV cache 0.1 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ6_KExcellent
Speed~375tokens per second
Max context256Kthe model's full window
  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 5090 can run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 26.6 GB of the 32 GB available, at roughly 375 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 Q6_K, which is excellent: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

New to this? Step-by-step setup for the RTX 5090

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 32 GB the NVIDIA RTX 5090 can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality63.9 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless34.2 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent26.6 GBFits~375 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good23.1 GBFits~432 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular19.8 GBFits~507 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded16.1 GBFits~629 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded12.5 GBFits~819 tok/s

Measured speed from real RTX 5090 owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own NVIDIA RTX 5090, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B on the NVIDIA RTX 5090 yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an RTX 5090? 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 5090

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 5090 run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 5090 can run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 26.6 GB of the 32 GB available, at roughly 375 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 5090?

Roughly 375 tokens per second at Q6_K, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 5090's 1792 GB/s memory bandwidth.