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Can the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell run LFM2 24B-A2B?

47Fair quality (C) · 47 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, it runs great

Runs great. At Q3_K_M it needs about 13.2 GB of 16.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 121 tok/s.

Best quant
Q3_K_M
Generation speed
121 tok/s
Prompt processing
5,322 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
0.3 s
Largest safe context
125K

Best app to run it on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell

On Windows

Ollama

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp (ggml), MLX (Apple silicon, preview)

  • One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.
  • Serves an OpenAI-compatible API that other apps and coding tools can use.
ollama run lfm2:24b
  • LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
  • llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.

On Linux

Ollama

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp (ggml), MLX (Apple silicon, preview)

  • One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.
  • Serves an OpenAI-compatible API that other apps and coding tools can use.
ollama run lfm2:24b
  • LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
  • llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.

Want an agent? LFM2 24B-A2B 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 LFM2 24B-A2B

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run lfm2:24b

Quantized files · GGUF

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

huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2-24B-A2B-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2-24B-A2B-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2-24B-A2B (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

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

github.com/Liquid4All/cookbook (opens in a new tab)

Liquid AI’s official cookbook for running LFM models.

git clone https://github.com/Liquid4All/cookbook

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

How it’s rated

Quality 47Fair quality (C) · 47 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (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 great
How well it runs on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell: 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.21.2 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.25.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.15.0 / 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 score76.2 / 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 RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 11.1 GB 16.0 GB 141 tok/s Runs great 39Basic quality (D) · 39 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 13.2 GB 16.0 GB 121 tok/s Runs great 47Fair quality (C) · 47 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 16.1 GB 16.0 GB 99.7 tok/s Runs welloffloads to RAM 53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 18.5 GB 16.0 GB 65.7 tok/s Runs welloffloads to RAM 54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 21.1 GB 16.0 GB 47.3 tok/s Runs welloffloads to RAM 55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 26.8 GB 16.0 GB 28.8 tok/s Slowheavy RAM offload 56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 56/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 49.2 GB 16.0 GB — Won't run 56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 7/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (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 LFM2 24B-A2B need on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 16GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 13.2 GB. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 16GB has 16.0 GB usable.

How fast is LFM2 24B-A2B on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 16GB?

About 121 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of LFM2 24B-A2B should I use on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 16GB?

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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