Best local LLMs for the NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation

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. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q8_0 · 69.6 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Coding at 32K context

  1. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q8_0 · 69.6 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B) Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) Q6_K · 80.8 tok/s · Runs great

Reasoning at 32K context

  1. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B) Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) Q6_K · 80.8 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 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. Sage-A1.5 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 131 tok/s · Runs great

Documents (RAG) at 32K context

  1. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q8_0 · 69.6 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q6_K · 103 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 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 131 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 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. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 131 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 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. Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 131 tok/s · Runs great

Agents & tools at 64K 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 · 88.1 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 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 131 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B) Q6_K · 103 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 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. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q4_K_M · 131 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) Q6_K · 80.8 tok/s · Runs great

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 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 131 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) Q5_K_M · 116 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 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 · 25.5 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 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 26B-A4B Q6_K · 88.1 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q6_K · 103 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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