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Can the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell run Llama 3.1 8B?

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell × Llama 3.1 8B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP1617.7 GB of 96 GB
Weights 16.1 GBKV cache 1.1 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Speed~67tokens 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 Llama 3.1 8B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 17.7 GB of the 96 GB available, at roughly 67 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Llama 3.1 8B:

ollama run llama3.1:8b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 6.5 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 quality17.7 GBFits~67 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless10.2 GBFits~126 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent8.3 GBFits~163 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good7.4 GBFits~188 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular6.5 GBFits~221 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded5.6 GBFits~274 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded4.7 GBFits~357 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 Llama 3.1 8B 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 Llama 3.1 8B 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 -- llama3.1:8b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="llama3.1:8b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Llama 3.1 8B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell run Llama 3.1 8B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell can run Llama 3.1 8B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 17.7 GB of the 96 GB available, at roughly 67 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Llama 3.1 8B need?

About 6.5 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 17.7 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Llama 3.1 8B on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell?

Roughly 67 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell's 1792 GB/s memory bandwidth.