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Can the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU run TMax 27B?

75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, it runs well (offloads to RAM)

Runs well (offloads to RAM). At Q3_K_M it needs about 15.1 GB of 12.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 11.0 tok/s.

Best quant
Q3_K_M
Generation speed
11.0 tok/s
Prompt processing
739 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
1.4 s
Largest safe context
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Best app to run it on the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU

On Windows

Docker Model Runner

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp, vLLM

  • Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • Handy if you already work in Docker.
docker model run hf.co/allenai/tmax-27b

On Linux

Docker Model Runner

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp, vLLM

  • Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • Handy if you already work in Docker.
docker model run hf.co/allenai/tmax-27b

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 TMax 27B

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Ai2, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/allenai/tmax-27b (opens in a new tab)

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Links checked 7 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
How capable the model itself is at Q3_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 welloffloads to RAM
How well it runs on the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU: 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.34.0 / 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.7.9 / 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 score66.9 / 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 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 12.7 GB 12.0 GB 23.7 tok/s Runs welloffloads to RAM 63Good quality (B) · 63 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. All files (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 15.1 GB 12.0 GB 11.0 tok/s Runs welloffloads to RAM 75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. All files (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 18.4 GB 12.0 GB 6.2 tok/s Slowheavy RAM offload 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. All files (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 21.2 GB 12.0 GB 4.5 tok/s Slowheavy RAM offload 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. All files (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 24.2 GB 12.0 GB 3.4 tok/s Slowheavy RAM offload 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. All files (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 30.7 GB 12.0 GB 2.2 tok/s Very slowheavy RAM offload 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 62/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. All files (opens in a new tab)
F16 56.5 GB 12.0 GB — Won't run 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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

Quick answers

How much memory does TMax 27B need on the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU 12GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 15.1 GB. The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU 12GB has 12.0 GB usable.

How fast is TMax 27B on the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU 12GB?

About 11.0 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of TMax 27B should I use on the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU 12GB?

Q3_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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