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Can the Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 NAS (64 GB) run Nemotron Cascade 2 30B-A3B?

76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, it runs well

Runs well. At Q4_K_M it needs about 24.3 GB of 54.4 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 10.0 tok/s.

Best quant
Q4_K_M
Generation speed
10.0 tok/s
Prompt processing
42.9 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
23.9 s
Largest safe context
256K

Best app to run it on the Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 NAS (64 GB)

On Linux

llama.cpp

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp

  • Usually the first to support new model architectures.
llama-server -hf bartowski/nvidia_Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B-A3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

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 Cascade 2 30B-A3B

Recommended for the Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 NAS (64 GB): Q4_K_M. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quantized files · GGUF

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

Download the Q4_K_M file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/bartowski/nvidia_Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B-A3B-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/bartowski/nvidia_Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B-A3B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/nvidia/Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B-A3B (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

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

How it’s rated

Quality 76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
How capable the model itself is at Q4_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 well
How well it runs on the Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 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.34.2 / 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.10.3 / 15
Match score77.0 / 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 Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 NAS (64 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 17.6 GB 54.4 GB 16.2 tok/s Runs well 56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 20.5 GB 54.4 GB 12.9 tok/s Runs well 67Good quality (B) · 67 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 24.3 GB 54.4 GB 10.0 tok/s Runs well 76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 27.4 GB 54.4 GB 8.3 tok/s Slow 77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 30.9 GB 54.4 GB 7.0 tok/s Slow 79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 38.5 GB 54.4 GB 5.2 tok/s Slow 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 68.2 GB 54.4 GB — Won't run 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 10/100 (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 Cascade 2 30B-A3B need on the Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 NAS 64GB?

At Q4_K_M it needs about 24.3 GB. The Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 NAS 64GB has 54.4 GB usable.

How fast is Nemotron Cascade 2 30B-A3B on the Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 NAS 64GB?

About 10.0 tok/s at Q4_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Nemotron Cascade 2 30B-A3B should I use on the Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 NAS 64GB?

Q4_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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