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Can the NVIDIA RTX A5500 run LLaVA 1.6 34B?

36Basic quality (D) · 36 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, it runs great

Runs great. At Q3_K_M it needs about 19.8 GB of 24.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 35.1 tok/s.

Best quant
Q3_K_M
Generation speed
35.1 tok/s
Prompt processing
707 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
1.4 s
Largest safe context
4K

Best app to run it on the NVIDIA RTX A5500

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 llava:34b-v1.6-q3_K_M

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 llava:34b-v1.6-q3_K_M

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 LLaVA 1.6 34B

Recommended for the NVIDIA RTX A5500: Q3_K_M. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

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 llava:34b-v1.6-q3_K_M

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/llava-hf/llava-v1.6-34b-hf (opens in a new tab)

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Links checked 2 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 36Basic quality (D) · 36 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (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 A5500: 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.16.6 / 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.14.0 / 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 score70.7 / 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 A5500

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 16.7 GB 24.0 GB 44.6 tok/s Runs great 30Basic quality (D) · 30 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 68/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
Q3_K_M 19.8 GB 24.0 GB 35.1 tok/s Runs great 36Basic quality (D) · 36 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
Q4_K_M 24.0 GB 24.0 GB 27.1 tok/s Runs welloffloads to RAM 41Fair quality (C) · 41 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 56/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
Q5_K_M 27.5 GB 24.0 GB 9.0 tok/s Slowoffloads to RAM 42Fair quality (C) · 42 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 51/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
Q6_K 31.3 GB 24.0 GB 5.1 tok/s Slowoffloads to RAM 43Fair quality (C) · 43 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
Q8_0 39.6 GB 24.0 GB 2.5 tok/s Very slowheavy RAM offload 44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 42/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
F16 72.3 GB 24.0 GB — Won't run 44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 5/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 4K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

Quick answers

How much memory does LLaVA 1.6 34B need on the NVIDIA RTX A5500 24GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 19.8 GB. The NVIDIA RTX A5500 24GB has 24.0 GB usable.

How fast is LLaVA 1.6 34B on the NVIDIA RTX A5500 24GB?

About 35.1 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of LLaVA 1.6 34B should I use on the NVIDIA RTX A5500 24GB?

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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