
Hardware · NVIDIA
What AI models can the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB run?
- VRAM
- 72.0 GB
- Usable for models
- 72.0 GB
- Memory bandwidth
- 1,344 GB/s
- FP16 compute
- 65.0 TFLOPS
- Released
- 2025
More about this hardware
| Maker | NVIDIA |
|---|---|
| Type | Workstation / datacenter graphics card |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 |
Apps that run models well on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB
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Best LLMs for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Gemma 4 26B-A4B | F16 | 56.2 GB | 70.5 tok/s | Runs great |
| 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Q8_0 | 42.5 GB | 136 tok/s | Runs great |
| 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | Q8_0 | 42.5 GB | 136 tok/s | Runs great |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Flint (40B-A2.5B) | Q8_0 | 46.6 GB | 147 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. | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B | Q5_K_M | 57.4 GB | 99.0 tok/s | Runs great |
| 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | Q8_0 | 41.7 GB | 136 tok/s | Runs great |
| 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) | Q8_0 | 41.6 GB | 136 tok/s | Runs great |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) | Q5_K_M | 59.8 GB | 166 tok/s | Runs great |
| 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Sage-A1.5 35B-A3B | Q8_0 | 42.5 GB | 136 tok/s | Runs great |
| 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B) | Q8_0 | 41.1 GB | 136 tok/s | Runs great |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B | Q8_0 | 42.5 GB | 136 tok/s | Runs great |
| 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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. | Apodex 1.1 Mini (35B-A3B) | Q8_0 | 42.5 GB | 136 tok/s | Runs great |
Best Image models for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Krea 2 Turbo | FP16 | 37.4 GB | 5.1 s | Runs great |
| 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen-Image 2.1 Turbo | FP16 | 46.7 GB | 14 s | Runs well |
| 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Ideogram 4 | FP16 | 57.3 GB | 30 s | Runs well |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [klein] 9B | FP16 | 37.1 GB | 2.2 s | Runs great |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [dev] | FP8 | 59.7 GB | 39 s | Runs well |
| 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX 3 Image Klein | FP16 | 22.4 GB | 6.8 s | Runs great |
Best Video models for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio) | Q8 GGUF | 49.8 GB | 2.1 min | Runs great |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-2.3 | FP8 | 44.3 GB | 7.2 min | Runs well |
| 68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-Video 13B 0.9.8 (distilled) | FP16 | 47.9 GB | 72 s | Runs great |
| 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-2 (19B, video + audio) | FP8 | 44.3 GB | 7.2 min | Runs well |
| 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Bernini-R A14B (video generation + editing) | FP16 | 46.0 GB | 14.4 min | Slow |
Best Decision models for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3 Reranker 4B | F16 | 12.5 GB | 58 ms | Runs great |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3 Reranker 8B | Q8_0 | 13.2 GB | 103 ms | Runs great |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | zerank-2 | F16 | 12.5 GB | 58 ms | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3.5 | F16 | 5.6 GB | 12 ms | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Shieldstral 1.0 3B | F16 | 12.1 GB | 56 ms | Runs great |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Intern-Decision 4B | F16 | 13.3 GB | 41 ms | Runs great |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3 | F16 | 5.6 GB | 12 ms | Runs great |
| 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | d1 3B | F16 | 10.5 GB | 29 ms | Runs great |
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.