Can I Run Granite 4.1 30B on NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026

Yes. Granite 4.1 30B needs 30.9 GB at FP8 (Q4 est. ~12-15GB, unconfirmed) and the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation has 48 GB, leaving about 17.1 GB of headroom, at roughly 26 tok/s (estimated) with room for up to 64K of context.

The numbers

ModelGranite 4.1 30B
Parameters30B
QuantizationFP8 (Q4 est. ~12-15GB, unconfirmed)
VRAM needed30.9 GB
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation VRAM48 GB
VerdictRuns
Max context64K
Estimated speed~26 tok/s

What to do next

Nothing to change — run it at FP8 (Q4 est. ~12-15GB, unconfirmed). If you want more capability, check whether the next size up also fits.

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Running Granite 4.1 30B on this card:

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 48GB
48 GB VRAM · 300 W board power
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