MPT-30B-Instruct needs ~51.0 GB VRAM. RTX 6000 Ada 48GB has 48.0 GB. With Q5_K_M quantization, expect ~25 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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3.0 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Runs with offload (needs ~1.3 GB host RAM)
Decode
24.5 tok/s
TTFT
7901 ms
Safe context
8K
Memory
51.0 GB / 48.0 GB
Offload
10%
It fits through host-memory offload, and offload is the main reason performance drops.
CPU or host-memory offload is active
About 10% of the working set spills out of accelerator memory, which usually hurts latency and sustained decode throughput.
Very little memory headroom
You can run the model, but there is not much room left for longer context, bigger batches, extra apps, or future model updates.
Remove offload with more accelerator memory
Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.
Buy headroom, not only minimum fit
A slightly larger memory tier gives you safer context growth and makes the recommendation more future-proof.
Increase host RAM if you keep offloading
This setup may need roughly 1.3 GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | A | Runs well | 37.2 tok/s | 2841 ms | 8K |
| Coding | B | Runs with offload (needs ~1.3 GB host RAM) | 24.5 tok/s | 7901 ms | 8K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 11.1 tok/s | 25463 ms | 8K |
| Reasoning | B | Runs with offload (needs ~1.3 GB host RAM) | 24.5 tok/s | 9338 ms | 8K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 11.1 tok/s | 31829 ms |
Inference speed
Estimated decode speed (tokens/sec) for MPT-30B-Instruct at Q5_K_M across popular GPUs and Apple Silicon, using the fastest local runtime per device. Fastest is MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB at ~28 tok/s. Speed is memory-bandwidth bound, so cards that fit the whole model in VRAM run far faster than ones that offload to system RAM.
| GPU / Mac | Memory | Quant | Speed (tok/s) | Fits? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB | 128 GB | Q5_K_M | 28.4 | Fits |
How MPT-30B-Instruct (30B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 6000 Ada 48GB (48.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 11.7 GB | Low | B64 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 14.7 GB | Low | B65 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run MPT-30B-Instruct on your machine.
Run
docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \
--hf-repo "mosaicml/mpt-30b-instruct" \
--hf-file "mpt-30b-instruct-Q5_K_M.gguf" \
-c 4096 -ngl 99Upgrade options
NVIDIA A16 64GBBudget pickRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
~$6,500 MSRP
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GBBest valueRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 190%.
~$9,999 MSRP
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition 96GBNVIDIA upgradeRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 158%.
~$9,999 MSRP
Yes, RTX 6000 Ada 48GB can run MPT-30B-Instruct with a B grade (Runs with offload (needs ~1.3 GB host RAM)). Expected decode speed: 24.5 tok/s.
MPT-30B-Instruct (30B parameters) requires approximately 51.0 GB of memory with Q5_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for MPT-30B-Instruct is Q5_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 6000 Ada 48GB, MPT-30B-Instruct achieves approximately 24.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 7901ms using Q5_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, MPT-30B-Instruct on RTX 6000 Ada 48GB receives a B grade with 24.5 tok/s and 8K context.
On RTX 6000 Ada 48GB, MPT-30B-Instruct can safely use up to 8K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 8K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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Preview:
| 8K |
| 256 GB |
| Q5_K_M |
| 26.3 |
| Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q5_K_M | 22.7 | Heavy offload |
Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q5_K_M | 21.9 | Fits |
Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q5_K_M | 20.8 | Fits |
| RTX 5090 32GB | 32 GB | Q5_K_M | 17.9 | Too big |
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB | 48 GB | Q5_K_M | 10.5 | Too big |
MacBook Pro M3 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q5_K_M | 9.1 | Heavy offload |
MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q5_K_M | 8.3 | Heavy offload |
| RTX 4090 24GB | 24 GB | Q5_K_M | 6.1 | Too big |
RX 7900 XTX 24GB | 24 GB | Q5_K_M | 5.5 | Too big |
| RTX 3090 24GB | 24 GB | Q5_K_M | 5.2 | Too big |
| RTX 4080 Super 16GB | 16 GB | Q5_K_M | 4.3 | Too big |
| RTX 4070 12GB | 12 GB | Q5_K_M | 2.7 | Too big |
| RTX 3060 12GB | 12 GB | Q5_K_M | 2.0 | Too big |
| RTX 4060 8GB | 8 GB | Q5_K_M | 2.0 | Too big |
Estimates for single-stream decoding at Q5_K_M; real tokens/sec varies with prompt length, context, batch size, and runtime build. Prompt processing (prefill) is faster than the decode figures shown here.
16.8 GB |
| Medium |
| B66 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 18.3 GB | Medium | B66 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 21.6 GB | High | B67 |
Q6_K | 6 | 24.6 GB | High | B68 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 32.1 GB | Very High | B68 |
F16 | 16 | 61.5 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Remove offload with more accelerator memory. Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.