Can the NVIDIA RTX A5500 run MiniMax-M1 40K?

No, it doesn’t fit

No. MiniMax-M1 40K needs about 185 GB even at Q2_K; the NVIDIA RTX A5500 has 24.0 GB usable.

Download MiniMax-M1 40K

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M1-40k (opens in a new tab)

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Links checked 6 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 7/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q2_K, 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 Won't run: 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.	7.7 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.	0.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	0.0 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	0.0 / 15
Match score	7.7 / 100

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

It doesn’t fit, so only a reduced share of the quality points counts and fit, speed and memory use score zero.

Every quantization on the NVIDIA RTX A5500

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	185 GB	24.0 GB	—	Won't run	57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 7/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	226 GB	24.0 GB	—	Won't run	68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 9/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	280 GB	24.0 GB	—	Won't run	77Great quality (A) · 77 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.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	326 GB	24.0 GB	—	Won't run	79Great quality (A) · 79 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.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	376 GB	24.0 GB	—	Won't run	81Great quality (A) · 81 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.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	486 GB	24.0 GB	—	Won't run	82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	914 GB	24.0 GB	—	Won't run	82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Original weights (opens in a new tab)

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

Hardware that can run it

77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB) Q4_K_M · 17.7 tok/s · Runs well
57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 62/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (256 GB) Q2_K · 24.0 tok/s · Runs well (over GPU memory limit)
77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M5 Ultra (512 GB) Q4_K_M · 25.3 tok/s · Runs well
68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Instinct MI350X Q3_K_M · 134 tok/s · Runs great
68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Instinct MI325X Q3_K_M · 113 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip Q3_K_M · 137 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Models that do run on the NVIDIA RTX A5500

91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 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. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q6_K · 106 tok/s
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. Qwen3.8 27B Q4_K_M · 33.9 tok/s
89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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. Qwen3.6 27B Q4_K_M · 33.9 tok/s
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. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 153 tok/s
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 · 153 tok/s

Quick answers

How much memory does MiniMax-M1 40K need on the NVIDIA RTX A5500 24GB?

Even at Q2_K it needs about 185 GB; the NVIDIA RTX A5500 24GB has 24.0 GB usable.

What can the NVIDIA RTX A5500 24GB run instead?

Gemma 4 26B-A4B, Qwen3.8 27B and Qwen3.6 27B run best on it; the page lists more, each with its speed.

What hardware can run MiniMax-M1 40K?

M3 Ultra 512GB, M3 Ultra 256GB and M5 Ultra 512GB run it; the page lists more, each with its speed.

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.