Can I Run Nemotron 70B on NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation?

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Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 21, 2026

Yes, but it's tight — Nemotron 70B Instruct at Q4_K_M needs 42.62475 GB of the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation's 48 GB, leaving only ~5.4 GB, ~19 tok/s (est.) with room for up to 8K context.

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NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation Specs

VRAM48 GB
Memory Bandwidth960 GB/s

Nemotron 70B Instruct on the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 48 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✓ Yes8K
Q3_K_M32.2 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K25.4 GB✓ Yes64K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 48 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Nemotron 70B Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Nemotron 70B InstructQ4_K_M · 42.62475 GB · ~19 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Will Nemotron 70B run on the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation?

Yes, but it's tight — Nemotron 70B Instruct at Q4_K_M needs 42.62475 GB of the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation's 48 GB, leaving only ~5.4 GB, ~19 tok/s (est.) with room for up to 8K context.

Which Nemotron 70B variant fits best on the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation?

Nemotron 70B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (42.62475 GB), estimated ~19 tokens/sec, up to 8K context.

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