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Can the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 run GLM-4.5 Air (106B-A12B)?

65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, it runs well (offloads to RAM)

Runs well (offloads to RAM). At Q3_K_M it needs about 58.7 GB of 48.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 28.9 tok/s.

Best quant
Q3_K_M
Generation speed
28.9 tok/s
Prompt processing
843 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
1.2 s
Largest safe context
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Best app to run it on the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

On Windows

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

  • Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open GLM-4.5 Air (106B-A12B) in LM Studio

  • llama.cpp Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • Ollama Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.

On Linux

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

  • Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open GLM-4.5 Air (106B-A12B) in LM Studio

  • llama.cpp Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • Ollama Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.

Want an agent? GLM-4.5 Air (106B-A12B) supports tool use, so you can pair a llama.cpp or MLX LM server with one of these. Apps that run on this computer come first.

Coding agents

Personal assistants

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download GLM-4.5 Air (106B-A12B)

Recommended for the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000: Q3_K_M. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q3_K_M files (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/unsloth/GLM-4.5-Air-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/GLM-4.5-Air-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Zhipu AI, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-4.5-Air (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

Reference code, inference scripts and docs from Zhipu AI. The weights themselves download from Hugging Face.

github.com/zai-org/GLM-4.5 (opens in a new tab)

git clone https://github.com/zai-org/GLM-4.5

Links checked 3 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
How capable the model itself is at Q3_K_M, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Runs welloffloads to RAM
How well it runs on the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000: speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.29.5 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.10.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.12.7 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.15.0 / 15
Match score67.2 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 48.7 GB 48.0 GB 75.1 tok/s Runs welloffloads to RAM 54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 58.7 GB 48.0 GB 28.9 tok/s Runs welloffloads to RAM 65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 71.9 GB 48.0 GB — Won't run 74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 10/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 83.0 GB 48.0 GB — Won't run 75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 10/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 95.1 GB 48.0 GB — Won't run 77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 10/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 122 GB 48.0 GB — Won't run 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 10/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
F16 225 GB 48.0 GB — Won't run 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 10/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

Quick answers

How much memory does GLM-4.5 Air (106B-A12B) need on the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 48GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 58.7 GB. The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 48GB has 48.0 GB usable.

How fast is GLM-4.5 Air (106B-A12B) on the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 48GB?

About 28.9 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of GLM-4.5 Air (106B-A12B) should I use on the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 48GB?

Q3_K_M. Of the versions that fit, it is the one that runs best; when two run equally well, the check prefers the higher-rated one.

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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