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Can the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition run Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B?

64Good quality (B) · 64 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.

Yes, it runs well (offloads to RAM)

Runs well (offloads to RAM). At Q2_K it needs about 31.8 GB of 24.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 35.4 tok/s.

Best quant
Q2_K
Generation speed
35.4 tok/s
Prompt processing
1,569 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
0.7 s
Largest safe context
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Best app to run it on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition

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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B in LM Studio

  • Ollama Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • llama.cpp 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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B in LM Studio

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

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, 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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B

Recommended for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition: 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 68/100 (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 welloffloads to RAM
How well it runs on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition: 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 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.14.1 / 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 score68.2 / 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 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 31.8 GB 24.0 GB 35.4 tok/s Runs welloffloads to RAM 64Good quality (B) · 64 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. GGUF (UD-Q2_K_XL) (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 38.6 GB 24.0 GB 22.3 tok/s Slowheavy RAM offload 77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (UD-Q3_K_XL) (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 47.6 GB 24.0 GB — Won't run 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (UD-Q4_K_XL) · folder (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 55.0 GB 24.0 GB — Won't run 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 12/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (UD-Q5_K_XL) · folder (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 63.3 GB 24.0 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 81.3 GB 24.0 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 152 GB 24.0 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

Quick answers

How much memory does Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B need on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition 24GB?

At Q2_K it needs about 31.8 GB. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition 24GB has 24.0 GB usable.

How fast is Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition 24GB?

About 35.4 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 NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition 24GB?

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.

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