NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation — Local LLM Performance & Compatibility

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 21, 2026

The workstation counterpart of the RTX 4090: same AD102 silicon with 48 GB ECC GDDR6, a 300W blower cooler that fits standard towers, and pro drivers. 48 GB runs Llama 3.3 70B at Q4 on a single card — the quietest path to 70B-class models in an office. Typical street price well below launch MSRP since the Blackwell generation arrived.

Technical Specifications

VRAM48 GB
Memory Bandwidth960 GB/s
TDP300 W
ArchitectureAda Lovelace AD102
Release Year2022
MSRP at Launch$6,799
Inference Speed (Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M)83–159 tok/s (estimated)
Inference Speed (Llama 3.3 70B Q4_K_M)13–26 tok/s (estimated)
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NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 48GB
48 GB VRAM · 300 W board power
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LLMs Compatible with 48 GB VRAM

All models below run comfortably in 48 GB VRAM with Q4_K_M quantization.

Llama 3.3Llama 3.3 70B Instruct · 43 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.3
Llama 3.1 FamilyLlama 3.1 8B Instruct · 6 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.1
DeepSeek R1DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B · 20 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run deepseek-r1:32b
Qwen 3Qwen 3 32B · 21 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3:32b
Qwen 3.5Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B · 22 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Qwen 3.6Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B · 22 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3.6:35b-a3b
Qwen 3.7Qwen 3.7 35B-A3B · 22 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · qwen3-7
Gemma 3Gemma 3 27B Instruct · 17 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run gemma3:27b

Best Use Cases

Quick Start with Ollama

Install Ollama then run the recommended model for this GPU:

ollama run llama3.3:70b

FAQ

Can the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation run local LLMs?

Yes — the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation has 48 GB VRAM and runs The workstation counterpart of the RTX 4090: same AD102 silicon with 48 GB ECC GDDR6, a 300W blower cooler that fits sta

How fast is the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation for AI inference?

The NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation is estimated to run Llama 3.1 8B at 83–159 tok/s with Q4_K_M quantization. For Llama 3.3 70B the estimate is 13–26 tok/s. These are modelled estimates, not measurements — see /en/methodology.

What LLMs can I run on 48 GB VRAM?

With 48 GB you can run: Llama 3.3, Llama 3.1 Family, DeepSeek R1, Qwen 3, Qwen 3.5. Use Ollama for the easiest setup: ollama run llama3.3:70b.

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