Can I Run Nemotron 70B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

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Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

No — Nemotron 70B doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090's 32 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation (48 GB).

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Specs

VRAM32 GB
Memory Bandwidth1792 GB/s

Nemotron 70B Instruct on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 32 GB?Max context
F16143.3 GB✗ No
Q8_077.2 GB✗ No
Q6_K60 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M52.2 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M44.8 GB✗ No
Q3_K_M32.2 GB✗ No
Q2_K25.4 GB✓ Yes16K

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.

Why It Does Not Fit

Every Nemotron 70B variant requires more VRAM than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 provides (32 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation (48 GB VRAM).

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Nemotron 70B needs ~43 GB but this GPU has 32 GB. Rent a A100 (80 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:

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FAQ

Will Nemotron 70B run on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

No — Nemotron 70B doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090's 32 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation (48 GB).

What GPU should I get instead to run Nemotron 70B?

The NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation (48 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.

Nemotron 70B on Other GPUs

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