LocalFit

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB: what runs best?

NVIDIA · GPU

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB

Memory12 GB GDDR6Bandwidth288 GB/s vendor specPlussystem RAM for offload (set below)

GPUs

  • RTX A2000 12GB12 GB · 288 GB/s1
Custom GPU

System RAM

≈ 89.6 GB/s theoretical ceiling (MT/s × 8 bytes × channels). DDR5’s two 32-bit subchannels count as one channel.

CPU

Used for CPU layers/experts and the -t flag. A reference platform fills its maximum channels and speed; set what you actually populated.

Context
KV cache
Mode
Advanced: reserves, bandwidth, workload, models

Defaults are editorial planning choices, not measurements: 1 GiB runtime + 0.5 GiB margin per device, 75% of unified memory, 8 GiB RAM for the OS, a vendor “24 GB” treated as 24 GiB (enter your driver’s available VRAM to override), 5 t/s minimum speed (research editorial default). Memory ledger

RTX A2000 12GB64 GB DDR5-5600 ×2 ch · 56.0 GiB usable · 89.6 GB/s theoretical8K contextF16 KVany backend≥ 5 t/s

Best plans RTX A2000 12GB

Best quality at ≥ 5 t/s

K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B

25.3 AA index single mode

Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 22/48 layers on GPU

~8.7–12 t/s Estimated extrapolated

Speed extrapolated, not measured on this setup.

Faster tradeoff

K2-Horizon-7B

20.6 AA index single mode

Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPU

~16–23 t/s Estimated

Next point on the quality/speed front; then Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

Possibly better · speed not established

No higher-scoring model has a feasible plan here.

WeightsKV cacheReserveFreeFits* = a state term unsizedMeasuredlinks to its sourceEstimatedcalibrated or extrapolated range, ~Ceilingupper bound, ≤Unknownnever zero

Meets your 5 t/s floor 29

Best plan per model that reaches your floor by a matching measurement, a calibrated range, or an extrapolated estimate (labelled). Sorted by the selected quality metric, then speed.

  1. 1

    K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B

    IFM/K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B

    2026-09-0336B MoE · 4B active

    AA index25.3single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 22/48 layers on GPUFits
    GPU11.7 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM12.1 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~8.7–12 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  2. 2

    K2-Horizon-7B

    IFM/K2-Horizon-7B

    2026-09-039B tensors · dense

    AA index20.6single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU11.5 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~16–23 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  3. 3

    Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

    Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

    2026-04-1635B MoE · 3B active

    AA index18.2Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU experts · 20 expert layers on CPUFits*
    GPU11.9 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM8.8 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~14–26 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  4. 4

    K2-Horizon-3.7B

    IFM/K2-Horizon-3.7B

    2026-09-035.1B tensors · dense

    AA index15.6single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU7.6 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~27–40 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  5. 5

    Qwen3.5-4B

    Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B

    2026-03-024B dense

    AA index13.1 est.Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits*
    GPU6.1 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~34–50 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  6. 6

    NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-BF16

    nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-BF16

    2026-08-1130B MoE · 3B active

    AA index12.9single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 23/52 layers on GPUFits*
    GPU11.9 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM13.1 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~11–15 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  7. 7

    MiniCPM5-2B

    openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B

    2026-09-072.5B dense

    AA index12.5single mode
    Plan & memory
    FP16llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU6.5 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~31–45 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  8. 8

    Hypernova-60B-2605

    MultiverseComputingCAI/Hypernova-60B-2605

    2026-05-0660B MoE · 4.8B active

    Also: HyperNova-60B (listed with its dated update); Hypernova-60B-2602 (dated update, not separately evaluated)

    AA index11.7 est.High
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU experts · 25 expert layers on CPUFits
    GPU11.7 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM27.9 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~4.2–6.8 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  9. 9

    Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B-A3B

    nvidia/Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B-A3B

    2026-03-1930B MoE · 3B active

    AA index11.7 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 23/52 layers on GPUFits*
    GPU11.7 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM12.9 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~11–15 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  10. 10

    Qwen3.5-9B

    Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B

    2026-03-029B dense

    AA index11.2Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits*
    GPU10.9 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~16–24 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  11. 11

    granite-4.2-8b

    ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b

    2026-08-258B dense

    AA index11.1single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU11.5 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~16–24 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  12. 12

    G9v3-3B

    ai9stars/G9v3-3B

    2026-07 (day unknown)3B dense

    AA index10.8 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    FP16llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU7.5 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~26–38 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  13. 13

    granite-4.2-3b

    ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b

    2026-08-253B dense

    AA index9.1single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU5.8 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~39–56 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  14. 14

    Tri-21B-Think

    trillionlabs/Tri-21B-Think

    2026-02 (day unknown)21B dense

    AA index9.0 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 31/40 layers on GPUFits
    GPU11.8 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM3.0 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~4.7–5.9 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  15. 15

    LFM2.5-2.6B

    LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B

    2026-08-042.7B dense

    AA index8.4 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    FP16llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits*
    GPU6.7 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~30–43 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  16. 16

    LFM2.5-8B-A1B

    LiquidAI/LFM2.5-8B-A1B

    2026-05-288.3B MoE · 1.5B active

    AA index7.2 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits*
    GPU10.0 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~32–94 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  17. 17

    Qwen3.5-2B

    Qwen/Qwen3.5-2B

    2026-03-022B dense

    AA index6.9 est.Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits*
    GPU3.5 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~77–111 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  18. 18

    Qwen3.5-0.8B

    Qwen/Qwen3.5-0.8B

    2026-03-020.8B dense

    AA index6.1 est.Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits*
    GPU2.4 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~185–268 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  19. 19

    granite-4.0-h-small

    ibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-small

    2025-10-0232B tensors · MoE

    AA index6.0 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU experts · 21 expert layers on CPUFits*
    GPU11.7 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM8.0 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~4.5–7.7 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  20. 20

    Phi-4Older

    microsoft/phi-4

    2024-12-1215B tensors · dense

    AA index5.9 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU11.3 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~17–24 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  21. 21

    Olmo-3-7B-ThinkSpecialist

    allenai/Olmo-3-7B-Think

    2025-11-207.3B tensors · dense

    AA index5.6 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU11.2 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~17–24 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  22. 22

    Olmo-3-7B-Instruct

    allenai/Olmo-3-7B-Instruct

    2025-11-207.3B tensors · dense

    AA index5.2 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU11.2 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~17–24 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  23. 23

    LFM2.5-1.2B-ThinkingSpecialist

    LiquidAI/LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

    2026-01-201.2B tensors · dense

    AA index5.2 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    FP16llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits*
    GPU3.8 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~68–99 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  24. 24

    LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

    LiquidAI/LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct

    2026-01-051.2B tensors · dense

    AA index5.2 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    FP16llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits*
    GPU3.8 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~68–99 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  25. 25

    Molmo2-8BSpecialist

    allenai/Molmo2-8B

    2025-12-118.7B tensors · dense

    AA index5.0 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU10.7 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~18–25 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  26. 26

    LFM2.5-VL-1.6BSpecialist

    LiquidAI/LFM2.5-VL-1.6B

    2026-01-051.6B tensors · dense

    AA index4.8 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    FP16llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits*
    GPU3.8 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~68–99 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  27. 27

    Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509

    swiss-ai/Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509

    2025-09-028.1B tensors · dense

    AA index4.8 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU10.5 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~18–26 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  28. 28

    NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-BF16

    nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-BF16

    2026-03-164B dense

    AA index4.8single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits*
    GPU5.6 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~38–55 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  29. 29

    K2-Horizon-0.9B

    IFM/K2-Horizon-0.9B

    2026-09-031.1B tensors · dense

    AA index3.0single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUFits
    GPU3.0 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~118–171 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
+ 46 models without a AA index score

Speed not established 4

Feasible plans with only a bandwidth ceiling (backends or placements without calibration). Check the evidence before relying on them.

  1. 1

    Nemotron-3-Nano-Omni-30B-A3B-Reasoning-BF16Specialist

    nvidia/Nemotron-3-Nano-Omni-30B-A3B-Reasoning-BF16

    2026-04-2830B MoE · 3B active

    AA index10.3 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    native F32/BF16vLLMGPU streams weights from RAM · 52 GiB in RAMFits*
    GPU12.0 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM51.0 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate≤5.6 t/sCeilingnot established
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  2. 2

    North-Mini-Code-1.0Specialist

    CohereLabs/North-Mini-Code-1.0

    2026-06-0930B MoE · 3B active

    AA index9.9single mode
    Plan & memory
    native BF16vLLMGPU streams weights from RAM · 47 GiB in RAMFits
    GPU12.0 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM46.8 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate≤6.1 t/sCeilingnot established
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  3. 3

    MiniCPM5-1B

    openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B

    2026-05-191.1B dense

    AA index8.8 est.Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    native BF16vLLMFull GPUFits
    GPU3.7 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate≤127 t/sCeilingnot established
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  4. 4

    Nanbeige4.1-3B

    Nanbeige/Nanbeige4.1-3B

    2026-02 (day unknown)3B dense

    AA index8.4 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    native BF16vLLMFull GPUFits
    GPU9.3 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate≤35 t/sCeilingnot established
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
+ 2 models without a AA index score

Memory not fully resolved 13

The weights fit, but the KV cache for this attention type (or the chosen cache layout) is not established, so a fit cannot be guaranteed.

  1. 1

    gemma-4-26B-A4B-it

    google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it

    2026-04-0225B MoE · 3.8B active

    AA index16.7 est.Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU experts · 12 expert layers on CPUKV unknown
    GPU11.6+ / 12.0 GiB
    RAM5.8 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~11–21 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  2. 2

    gemma-4-12B-it

    google/gemma-4-12B-it

    2026-06-0312B dense

    AA index14.2 est.Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q5_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAFull GPUKV unknown
    GPU9.7+ / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~19–27 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  3. 3

    LongCat-Flash-Lite

    meituan-longcat/LongCat-Flash-Lite

    2026-01 (day unknown)69B MoE · 3B active

    AA index11.5 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 3/14 layers on GPUKV unknown
    GPU9.5+ / 12.0 GiB
    RAM29.4 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~13–17 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  4. 4

    Ling-3.0-tiny

    inclusionAI/Ling-3.0-tiny

    2026-08 (day unknown)7.9B MoE · 1.3B active

    AA index11.1single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUKV unknown
    GPU9.3+ / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~39–114 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  5. 5

    Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-InstructOlder

    Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

    2025-09-1181B tensors · MoE

    AA index9.6 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU experts · 39 expert layers on CPUKV unknown
    GPU11.8+ / 12.0 GiB
    RAM34.9 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~7.3–13 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  6. 6

    diffusiongemma-26B-A4B-it

    google/diffusiongemma-26B-A4B-it

    2026-06-1025B MoE · 3.8B active

    AA index9.5 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU experts · 11 expert layers on CPUKV unknown
    GPU12.0+ / 12.0 GiB
    RAM5.2 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~12–23 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  7. 7

    Qwen3-Coder-NextSpecialist

    Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next

    2026-02-0280B MoE · 3B active

    AA index9.2single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 11/48 layers on GPUKV unknown
    GPU11.9+ / 12.0 GiB
    RAM35.0 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~13–16 t/sEstimatedextrapolated≈ meets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  8. 8

    gemma-4-E4B-it

    google/gemma-4-E4B-it

    2026-04-028B dense

    AA index8.9Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUKV unknown
    GPU9.0+ / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~20–30 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  9. 9

    Falcon-H1R-7B

    tiiuae/Falcon-H1R-7B

    2026-01-057B dense

    AA index7.8 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    native BF16vLLMGPU streams weights from RAM · 4 GiB in RAMKV unknown
    GPU12.0+ / 12.0 GiB
    RAM3.6 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate≤6.1 t/sCeilingnot established
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  10. 10

    gemma-4-E2B-it

    google/gemma-4-E2B-it

    2026-04-025.1B dense

    AA index7.8 est.Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUKV unknown
    GPU6.1+ / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~33–48 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  11. 11

    Llama 3.3 70B InstructOlderGated

    meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct

    2024-12-0671B tensors

    AA index7.7 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    AWQvLLMGPU streams weights from RAM · 27 GiB in RAMKV unknown
    GPU12.0+ / 12.0 GiB
    RAM26.5 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate—Unknownspeed unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  12. 12

    Phi-4-mini-instructOlder

    microsoft/Phi-4-mini-instruct

    2025-02-263.8B tensors · dense

    AA index6.3 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    FP16llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUKV unknown
    GPU8.7+ / 12.0 GiB
    Generate~21–31 t/sEstimatedmeets 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  13. 13

    tiny-aya-globalGated

    CohereLabs/tiny-aya-global

    2026-02-173.3B tensors

    AA index4.8 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    FP16llama.cpp CUDAFull GPUKV unknown
    GPU7.7+ / 12.0 GiB
    Generate—Unknownspeed unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
+ 23 models without a AA index score

Speed unknown 7

No measurement, calibration or bandwidth figure for this plan.

  1. 1

    gpt-oss-120bOlder

    openai/gpt-oss-120b

    2025-08-05117B tensors · MoE

    AA index11.6High
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 6/36 layers on GPUFits
    GPU11.4 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM49.4 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate—Unknownspeed unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  2. 2

    gpt-oss-20bOlder

    openai/gpt-oss-20b

    2025-08-0521B tensors · MoE

    AA index9.0High
    Plan & memory
    Q8_0llama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 21/24 layers on GPUFits
    GPU11.5 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM1.4 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate—Unknownspeed unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  3. 3

    NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16

    nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16

    2025-12-1532B tensors · MoE

    AA index8.9Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    native F32/BF16vLLMGPU streams weights from RAM · 49 GiB in RAMFits*
    GPU12.0 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM48.4 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate—Unknownspeed unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  4. 4

    granite-4.0-h-1b

    ibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-1b

    2025-10-281.5B tensors · MoE

    AA index5.2 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    native BF16vLLMFull GPUFits*
    GPU4.3 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate—Unknownspeed unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  5. 5

    granite-4.0-micro

    ibm-granite/granite-4.0-micro

    2025-10-023.4B tensors · MoE

    AA index5.1 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    native BF16vLLMFull GPUFits
    GPU8.5 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate—Unknownspeed unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  6. 6

    granite-4.0-350m

    ibm-granite/granite-4.0-350m

    2025-10-280.4B tensors · MoE

    AA index4.8 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    native BF16vLLMFull GPUFits
    GPU2.4 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate—Unknownspeed unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  7. 7

    granite-4.0-h-350m

    ibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-350m

    2025-10-280.3B tensors · MoE

    AA index4.8 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    native BF16vLLMFull GPUFits*
    GPU2.2 / 12.0 GiB
    Generate—Unknownspeed unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
+ 5 models without a AA index score

Below 5 t/s 10

Fits, but the best evidence (measured, estimated or the bandwidth ceiling) is under your floor. Lower the floor or add memory bandwidth.

  1. 1

    Qwen3.8-27B

    Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B

    2026-08-1427B dense

    AA index33.7Xhigh
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 36/64 layers on GPUFits*
    GPU11.7 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM7.9 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~2.1–2.5 t/sEstimatedextrapolatedbelow 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  2. 2

    Muse-Glimmer-30B

    meta-models/Muse-Glimmer-30B

    2026-08-1030B dense

    AA index17.5High
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 34/52 layers on GPUFits
    GPU11.8 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM5.5 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~2.8–3.5 t/sEstimatedextrapolatedbelow 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  3. 3

    gemma-4-31B-it

    google/gemma-4-31B-it

    2026-04-0231B dense

    AA index14.7Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 34/60 layers on GPUKV unknown
    GPU11.8+ / 12.0 GiB
    RAM7.9 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~2.1–2.5 t/sEstimatedextrapolatedbelow 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  4. 4

    EXAONE-4.5-33B

    LGAI-EXAONE/EXAONE-4.5-33B

    2026-04-0933B dense

    AA index13.2 est.Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 33/64 layers on GPUFits
    GPU11.8 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM9.6 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~1.8–2.1 t/sEstimatedextrapolatedbelow 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  5. 5

    granite-4.2-30b

    ibm-granite/granite-4.2-30b

    2026-08-2530B dense

    AA index12.7single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 36/64 layers on GPUFits
    GPU11.9 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM8.1 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~2.1–2.6 t/sEstimatedextrapolatedbelow 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  6. 6

    Step3-VL-10B

    stepfun-ai/Step3-VL-10B

    2026-01 (day unknown)10B dense

    AA index7.7 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    native BF16vLLMGPU streams weights from RAM · 10 GiB in RAMFits
    GPU12.0 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM9.6 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate≤2.8 t/sCeilingbelow 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  7. 7

    NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL-BF16Specialist

    nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL-BF16

    2025-10-2813B tensors · dense

    AA index7.5 est.Reasoning
    Plan & memory
    native F32/BF16vLLMGPU streams weights from RAM · 15 GiB in RAMFits*
    GPU12.0 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM14.2 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate≤1.9 t/sCeilingbelow 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  8. 8

    Olmo-3.1-32B-ThinkSpecialist

    allenai/Olmo-3.1-32B-Think

    2025-12-1232B tensors · dense

    AA index7.1 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 34/64 layers on GPUFits
    GPU11.8 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM9.1 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~1.9–2.2 t/sEstimatedextrapolatedbelow 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  9. 9

    Olmo-3.1-32B-Instruct

    allenai/Olmo-3.1-32B-Instruct

    2025-12-1232B tensors · dense

    AA index6.5 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 34/64 layers on GPUFits
    GPU11.8 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM9.1 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~1.9–2.2 t/sEstimatedextrapolatedbelow 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
  10. 10

    Apertus-70B-Instruct-2509

    swiss-ai/Apertus-70B-Instruct-2509

    2025-09-0271B tensors · dense

    AA index5.1 est.single mode
    Plan & memory
    Q4_K_Mllama.cpp CUDAGPU + CPU layers · 19/80 layers on GPUFits
    GPU11.8 / 12.0 GiB
    RAM33.0 / 56.0 GiB
    Generate~0.6–0.7 t/sEstimatedextrapolatedbelow 5 t/s
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown
+ 19 models without a AA index score
79 models with no feasible plan on this setup

Specs & sources

Memory12 GB GDDR6source
Bandwidth288 GB/ssource
FP16unknownNo unambiguous comparable value verified; never substitute AI TOPS, BF16, or whole-system power.
Power70 Wsource
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