Step 3.5 Flash (196B-A11B) on NVIDIA B200

Can the NVIDIA B200 run Step 3.5 Flash (196B-A11B)?

Yes, it runs great

Runs great. At Q5_K_M it needs about 152 GB of 180 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 206 tok/s.

Best quant: Q5_K_M
Generation speed: 206 tok/s
Prompt processing: 10,473 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 0.3 s
Largest safe context: 256K

Best app to run it on the NVIDIA B200

On Linux

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open Step 3.5 Flash (196B-A11B) in LM Studio

llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.
Ollama Runs the Hugging Face GGUF with ollama run hf.co/…

On Windows

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open Step 3.5 Flash (196B-A11B) in LM Studio

llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.
Ollama Runs the Hugging Face GGUF with ollama run hf.co/…

Want an agent? Step 3.5 Flash (196B-A11B) 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 Step 3.5 Flash (196B-A11B)

Recommended for the NVIDIA B200: Q5_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 Q5_K_M files (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/bartowski/stepfun-ai_Step-3.5-Flash-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/bartowski/stepfun-ai_Step-3.5-Flash-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/stepfun-ai/Step-3.5-Flash (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

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

github.com/stepfun-ai/Step-3.5-Flash (opens in a new tab)

git clone https://github.com/stepfun-ai/Step-3.5-Flash

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

How it’s rated

Quality 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q5_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 B200: 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.	40.2 / 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.	15.0 / 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 score	95.2 / 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 B200

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	89.8 GB	180 GB	263 tok/s	Runs great	64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	108 GB	180 GB	243 tok/s	Runs great	77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	132 GB	180 GB	223 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 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	152 GB	180 GB	206 tok/s	Runs great	89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	174 GB	180 GB	191 tok/s	Runs welltight fit	91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	221 GB	180 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`	409 GB	180 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.	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

89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (256 GB) Q5_K_M · 53.0 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 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M2 Ultra (192 GB) Q4_K_M · 61.1 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB) Q6_K · 45.6 tok/s · Runs great
77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GB10 (128 GB) Q3_K_M · 34.9 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Max (128 GB) Q2_K · 67.9 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Q2_K · 162 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Quick answers

How much memory does Step 3.5 Flash (196B-A11B) need on the NVIDIA B200 180GB?

At Q5_K_M it needs about 152 GB. The NVIDIA B200 180GB has 180 GB usable.

How fast is Step 3.5 Flash (196B-A11B) on the NVIDIA B200 180GB?

About 206 tok/s at Q5_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Step 3.5 Flash (196B-A11B) should I use on the NVIDIA B200 180GB?

Q5_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.