Nemotron 70B needs ~56.5 GB VRAM. NVIDIA H100 80GB has 80.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~66 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
71.7 tok/s
TTFT
2701 ms
Safe context
93K
Memory
56.5 GB / 80.0 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 | A | Runs well | 71.7 tok/s | 1473 ms | 93K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 65.9 tok/s | 2938 ms | 93K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 71.7 tok/s | 3929 ms | 93K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 71.7 tok/s | 3192 ms | 93K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 71.7 tok/s | 4912 ms | 93K |
How Nemotron 70B (70B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA H100 80GB (80.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 27.3 GB | Low | B65 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 34.3 GB | Low | B67 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run Nemotron 70B on your machine.
Run
ollama run nemotronYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123B | A | 29 tok/s | ||
| 122B | S |
Yes, NVIDIA H100 80GB can run Nemotron 70B with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 65.9 tok/s.
Nemotron 70B (70B parameters) requires approximately 56.5 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Nemotron 70B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On NVIDIA H100 80GB, Nemotron 70B achieves approximately 65.9 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 2938ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Nemotron 70B on NVIDIA H100 80GB receives a A grade with 65.9 tok/s and 93K context.
On NVIDIA H100 80GB, Nemotron 70B can safely use up to 93K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 131K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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Preview:
| Medium |
| B69 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 42.7 GB | Medium | B69 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 50.4 GB | High | B69 |
Q6_KBest for your GPU | 6 | 57.4 GB | High | B69 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 74.9 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 143.5 GB | Maximum | F0 |
| 86 tok/s |
| 119B | A | 91.3 tok/s |
| 117B | A | 33 tok/s |
| 111B | S | 38.3 tok/s |