Can I Run Nemotron Cascade 2 on NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 21, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~53.7 GB of headroom running Nemotron Cascade 2 70B at Q4_K_M (42.2625 GB, ~32 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB
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NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Specs

VRAM96 GB
Memory Bandwidth1792 GB/s

Nemotron Cascade 2 70B on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 96 GB?Max context
F16142 GB✗ No
Q8_076.4 GB✓ Yes64K
Q6_K59.4 GB✓ Yes64K
Q5_K_M51.6 GB✓ Yes64K
Q4_K_M44.3 GB✓ Yes64K
Q3_K_M31.8 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K25 GB✓ Yes64K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 96 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Nemotron Cascade 2 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell

Nemotron Cascade 2 70BQ4_K_M · 42.2625 GB · ~32 tok/s (est.)
Nemotron Cascade 2 30BQ4_K_M · 18.1125 GB · ~68 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Can I run Nemotron Cascade 2 on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~53.7 GB of headroom running Nemotron Cascade 2 70B at Q4_K_M (42.2625 GB, ~32 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

What's the best Nemotron Cascade 2 size for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?

Nemotron Cascade 2 70B at Q4_K_M quantization (42.2625 GB), estimated ~32 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

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