Mistral Nemo 12B needs ~14.2 GB VRAM. RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB has 32.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~111 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
110.5 tok/s
TTFT
1752 ms
Safe context
128K
Memory
14.2 GB / 32.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | B | Runs well | 110.5 tok/s | 955 ms | 128K |
| Coding | B | Runs well | 110.5 tok/s | 1752 ms | 128K |
| Agentic Coding | B | Runs well | 110.5 tok/s | 2548 ms | 128K |
| Reasoning | B | Runs well | 110.5 tok/s | 2070 ms | 128K |
| RAG | B | Runs well | 110.5 tok/s | 3185 ms | 128K |
How Mistral Nemo 12B (12B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB (32.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 4.7 GB | Low | B56 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 5.9 GB | Low | B56 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 6.7 GB | Medium | B57 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 7.3 GB | Medium | B57 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 8.6 GB | High | B57 |
Q6_K | 6 | 9.8 GB | High | B58 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 12.8 GB | Very High | B59 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 24.6 GB | Maximum | B61 |
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ollama run mistral-nemoYes, RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB can run Mistral Nemo 12B with a B grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 110.5 tok/s.
Mistral Nemo 12B (12B parameters) requires approximately 14.2 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Mistral Nemo 12B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB, Mistral Nemo 12B achieves approximately 110.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1752ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Mistral Nemo 12B on RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB receives a B grade with 110.5 tok/s and 128K context.
On RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB, Mistral Nemo 12B can safely use up to 128K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 128K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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