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Can the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell run Gemma 3 12B?

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell × Gemma 3 12B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP1625.9 GB of 96 GB
Weights 24.4 GBKV cache 0.9 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Speed~44tokens per second
Max context128Kthe model's full window
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell can run Gemma 3 12B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 25.9 GB of the 96 GB available, at roughly 44 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Gemma 3 12B:

ollama run gemma3:12b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 8.9 GB here). You have room for FP16, which is full quality: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 96 GB the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality25.9 GBFits~44 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless14.4 GBFits~83 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent11.5 GBFits~107 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good10.1 GBFits~124 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular8.9 GBFits~145 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded7.4 GBFits~180 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded6 GBFits~235 tok/s

Measured speed from real RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Gemma 3 12B on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell? Add your real speed

One command times Gemma 3 12B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh -s -- gemma3:12b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="gemma3:12b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Gemma 3 12B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell run Gemma 3 12B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell can run Gemma 3 12B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 25.9 GB of the 96 GB available, at roughly 44 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Gemma 3 12B need?

About 8.9 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 25.9 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Gemma 3 12B on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?

Roughly 44 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell's 1792 GB/s memory bandwidth.