Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B on Intel Core i7-12700E / i9-12900E NAS (64 GB)

Can the Intel Core i7-12700E / i9-12900E NAS (64 GB) run Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B?

Yes, it runs well

Runs well. At Q2_K it needs about 35.0 GB of 54.4 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 10.0 tok/s.

Best quant: Q2_K
Generation speed: 10.0 tok/s
Prompt processing: 43.3 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 23.6 s
Largest safe context: 256K

Best app to run it on the Intel Core i7-12700E / i9-12900E NAS (64 GB)

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 nemotron-3.5-bolt:74b-a9b

llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.
KoboldCpp

Want an agent? Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B 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, which apps run in a container on a NAS without a graphics card (models run on its processor), and whether the model fits fully in the memory models can use. Details.

Download Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B

Recommended for the Intel Core i7-12700E / i9-12900E NAS (64 GB): Q2_K. 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 nemotron-3.5-bolt:74b-a9b

Quantized files · GGUF

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

Download the Q2_K (UD-Q2_K_XL) file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Bolt-74B-A9B-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Bolt-74B-A9B-GGUF:UD-Q2_K_XL

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Bolt-74B-A9B-BF16 (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

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

github.com/NVIDIA-NeMo/Nemotron (opens in a new tab)

NVIDIA’s Nemotron repo with recipes for the whole family.

git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA-NeMo/Nemotron

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

How it’s rated

Quality 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (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 Runs well: How well it runs on the Intel Core i7-12700E / i9-12900E NAS (64 GB): 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.	29.1 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when the model fits in the share of the NAS’s memory that models can use (the rest stays with the NAS system and its storage services); fewer when it goes past that limit.	25.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	7.5 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	14.8 / 15
Match score	76.5 / 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 Intel Core i7-12700E / i9-12900E NAS (64 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	35.0 GB	54.4 GB	10.0 tok/s	Runs well	64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (UD-Q2_K_XL) (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	41.7 GB	54.4 GB	7.9 tok/s	Slow	77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (UD-Q3_K_XL) (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	50.7 GB	54.4 GB	6.2 tok/s	Slowtight fit	87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (UD-Q4_K_XL) · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	58.2 GB	54.4 GB	4.3 tok/s	Slowover memory limit	89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (UD-Q5_K_XL) · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	66.4 GB	54.4 GB	—	Won't run	91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 12/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (UD-Q6_K_XL) · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	84.4 GB	54.4 GB	—	Won't run	92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 12/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	155 GB	54.4 GB	—	Won't run	92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 12/100 (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

92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M2 Ultra (192 GB) Q8_0 · 40.5 tok/s · Runs great
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. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Q6_K · 105 tok/s · Runs great
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. Apple M4 Max (128 GB) Q6_K · 38.3 tok/s · Runs great
92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (256 GB) Q8_0 · 41.3 tok/s · Runs great
87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (128 GB) Q4_K_M · 36.0 tok/s · Runs great
87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (128 GB) Q4_K_M · 27.3 tok/s · Runs well

Quick answers

How much memory does Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B need on the Intel Core i7-12700E / i9-12900E NAS 64GB?

At Q2_K it needs about 35.0 GB. The Intel Core i7-12700E / i9-12900E NAS 64GB has 54.4 GB usable.

How fast is Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B on the Intel Core i7-12700E / i9-12900E NAS 64GB?

About 10.0 tok/s at Q2_K, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B should I use on the Intel Core i7-12700E / i9-12900E NAS 64GB?

Q2_K. 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.