Can I Run Qwen 2.5 VL on NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation?

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Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 21, 2026

Yes, but it's tight — Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M needs 44.315250000000006 GB of the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation's 48 GB, leaving only ~3.7 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

Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct on the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 48 GB?Max context
F16148.9 GB✗ No
Q8_080.1 GB✗ No
Q6_K62.3 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M54.2 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M46.5 GB✓ Yes8K
Q3_K_M33.4 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K26.3 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.

Qwen 2.5 VL Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Qwen 2.5 VL 72B InstructQ4_K_M · 44.315250000000006 GB · ~19 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 VL 7B InstructQ4_K_M · 5.005087499999999 GB · ~123 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation enough to run Qwen 2.5 VL locally?

Yes, but it's tight — Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M needs 44.315250000000006 GB of the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation's 48 GB, leaving only ~3.7 GB, ~19 tok/s (est.) with room for up to 8K context.

What's the best Qwen 2.5 VL size for the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation?

Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (44.315250000000006 GB), estimated ~19 tokens/sec, up to 8K context.

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