Can I Run Command R Family on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

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Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~10.9 GB of headroom running Command R (35B) at Q4_K_M (21.13125 GB, ~51 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Specs

VRAM32 GB
Memory Bandwidth1792 GB/s

Command R (35B) on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 32 GB?Max context
F1676.2 GB✗ No
Q8_043.4 GB✗ No
Q6_K34.9 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M31 GB✓ Yes4K
Q4_K_M27.3 GB✓ Yes4K
Q3_K_M21.1 GB✓ Yes8K
Q2_K17.7 GB✓ Yes8K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 32 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Command R Family Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Command R (35B)Q4_K_M · 21.13125 GB · ~51 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Will Command R Family run on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~10.9 GB of headroom running Command R (35B) at Q4_K_M (21.13125 GB, ~51 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

Which Command R Family variant fits best on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

Command R (35B) at Q4_K_M quantization (21.13125 GB), estimated ~51 tokens/sec, up to 4K context.

Every Command R Family size on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Command R+ (104B)62.8 GBDoes not fit
Command R (35B)21.1 GBRuns~51 tok/s

Command R Family on Other GPUs

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