Can I Run Nemotron Cascade 2 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~13.9 GB of headroom running Nemotron Cascade 2 30B at Q4_K_M (18.1125 GB, ~68 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Specs

VRAM32 GB
Memory Bandwidth1792 GB/s

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 32 GB?Max context
F1661.7 GB✗ No
Q8_033.6 GB✗ No
Q6_K26.3 GB✓ Yes16K
Q5_K_M23 GB✓ Yes32K
Q4_K_M19.8 GB✓ Yes32K
Q3_K_M14.5 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K11.6 GB✓ Yes64K

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.

Nemotron Cascade 2 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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

Will Nemotron Cascade 2 run on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~13.9 GB of headroom running Nemotron Cascade 2 30B at Q4_K_M (18.1125 GB, ~68 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

Which Nemotron Cascade 2 variant fits best on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B at Q4_K_M quantization (18.1125 GB), estimated ~68 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

Every Nemotron Cascade 2 size on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Nemotron Cascade 2 70B42.3 GBRuns at Q2_K
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B18.1 GBRuns~68 tok/s

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