Best local LLMs for the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Each list assumes the context that task needs, so a model that fits for chat may rank lower for long documents.

General chat at 8K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q6_K · 97.6 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 27B Q4_K_M · 29.7 tok/s · Runs well

Coding at 32K context

  1. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q4_K_M · 125 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B) Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) Q4_K_M · 117 tok/s · Runs great

Reasoning at 32K context

  1. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B) Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) Q4_K_M · 117 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 27B Q4_K_M · 29.7 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Documents (RAG) at 32K context

  1. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q4_K_M · 125 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 27B Q4_K_M · 29.7 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 27B Q4_K_M · 29.7 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 27B Q4_K_M · 29.7 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Agents & tools at 64K context

  1. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q5_K_M · 110 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) Q4_K_M · 117 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 27B Q4_K_M · 29.7 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 12B Q6_K · 47.9 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Muse Glimmer 30B Q4_K_M · 27.7 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Reverse engineering at 32K context

  1. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 27B Q4_K_M · 29.7 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q3_K_M · 165 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q4_K_M · 125 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 143 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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