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NVIDIA RTX A5000

NVIDIA · 24GB GDDR6 · Can run 50 models

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Manufacturer NVIDIA
VRAM 24 GB
Memory Type GDDR6
Architecture Ampere
CUDA Cores 8,192
Tensor Cores 256
Bandwidth 768 GB/s
TDP 230W
MSRP $2,250
Released Apr 12, 2021

AI Notes

The RTX A5000 offers 24GB VRAM in a dual-slot workstation form factor with moderate power draw. It handles 13B models at full precision and 30B+ models with quantization, matching the RTX 3090 in VRAM capacity while running cooler and quieter. A strong option for professional AI workstations.

Compatible Models

Model Parameters Best Quant VRAM Used Fit Est. Speed
Qwen 3 0.6B 600M Q4_K_M 2.5 GB Runs ~307 tok/s
Gemma 3 1B 1B Q8_0 2 GB Runs ~384 tok/s
Llama 3.2 1B 1B Q8_0 3 GB Runs ~256 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 1.5B 1.5B Q8_0 3 GB Runs ~256 tok/s
Gemma 2 2B 2B Q8_0 4 GB Runs ~192 tok/s
Gemma 3n E2B 2B Q4_K_M 3.3 GB Runs ~233 tok/s
Llama 3.2 3B 3B Q8_0 5 GB Runs ~154 tok/s
Phi-3 Mini 3.8B 3.8B Q8_0 5.8 GB Runs ~132 tok/s
Phi-4 Mini 3.8B 3.8B Q4_K_M 4.5 GB Runs ~171 tok/s
Gemma 3 4B 4B Q4_K_M 5 GB Runs ~154 tok/s
Gemma 3n E4B 4B Q4_K_M 4.5 GB Runs ~171 tok/s
Qwen 3 4B 4B Q4_K_M 4.5 GB Runs ~171 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~85 tok/s
Falcon 3 7B 7B Q4_K_M 6.8 GB Runs ~113 tok/s
Mistral 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~85 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~85 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~85 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 VL 7B 7B Q4_K_M 7 GB Runs ~110 tok/s
Cogito 8B 8B Q4_K_M 7.5 GB Runs ~102 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 8B 8B Q4_K_M 7.5 GB Runs ~102 tok/s
Llama 3.1 8B 8B Q8_0 10 GB Runs ~77 tok/s
Nemotron 3 Nano 8B 8B Q4_K_M 7.5 GB Runs ~102 tok/s
Qwen 3 8B 8B Q4_K_M 7.5 GB Runs ~102 tok/s
Gemma 2 9B 9B Q8_0 11 GB Runs ~70 tok/s
Falcon 3 10B 10B Q4_K_M 8.5 GB Runs ~90 tok/s
Llama 3.2 Vision 11B 11B Q4_K_M 8.5 GB Runs ~90 tok/s
Gemma 3 12B 12B Q4_K_M 10.5 GB Runs ~73 tok/s
Mistral Nemo 12B 12B Q4_K_M 9.5 GB Runs ~81 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs ~78 tok/s
Phi-4 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs ~78 tok/s
Phi-4 Reasoning 14B 14B Q4_K_M 11 GB Runs ~70 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs ~78 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B 14B Q4_K_M 12 GB Runs ~64 tok/s
Qwen 3 14B 14B Q4_K_M 12 GB Runs ~64 tok/s
StarCoder2 15B 15B Q8_0 17 GB Runs ~45 tok/s
Codestral 22B 22B Q4_K_M 14.7 GB Runs ~52 tok/s
Devstral 24B 24B Q4_K_M 17 GB Runs ~45 tok/s
Magistral Small 24B 24B Q4_K_M 17 GB Runs ~45 tok/s
Mistral Small 3.1 24B 24B Q4_K_M 18 GB Runs ~43 tok/s
Gemma 2 27B 27B Q4_K_M 17.7 GB Runs ~43 tok/s
Gemma 3 27B 27B Q4_K_M 20 GB Runs ~38 tok/s
Qwen 3 30B-A3B (MoE) 30B Q4_K_M 22 GB Runs (tight) ~35 tok/s
Cogito 32B 32B Q4_K_M 21.5 GB Runs (tight) ~36 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 32B 32B Q4_K_M 20.7 GB Runs (tight) ~37 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 32B 32B Q4_K_M 20.7 GB Runs (tight) ~37 tok/s
QwQ 32B 32B Q4_K_M 21.5 GB Runs (tight) ~36 tok/s
Command R 35B 35B Q4_K_M 22.5 GB Runs (tight) ~34 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B 32B Q4_K_M 23 GB CPU Offload ~10 tok/s
Qwen 3 32B 32B Q4_K_M 23 GB CPU Offload ~10 tok/s
Mixtral 8x7B 47B Q4_K_M 29.7 GB CPU Offload ~8 tok/s
19 model(s) are too large for this hardware.