Nous Hermes 1.0 needs ~22.1 GB VRAM. RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB has 32.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~126 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
126.0 tok/s
TTFT
1537 ms
Safe context
16K
Memory
22.1 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 | A | Runs well | 126.0 tok/s | 838 ms | 16K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 126.0 tok/s | 1537 ms | 16K |
| Agentic Coding | B | Runs with offload (needs ~0.4 GB host RAM) | 91.0 tok/s | 3095 ms | 16K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 126.0 tok/s | 1816 ms | 16K |
| RAG | B | Runs with offload (needs ~0.4 GB host RAM) | 91.0 tok/s | 3869 ms | 16K |
How Nous Hermes 1.0 (9B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB (32.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 3.5 GB | Low | B64 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 4.4 GB | Low | B64 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 5.0 GB | Medium | B64 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 5.5 GB | Medium | B64 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 6.5 GB | High | B65 |
Q6_K | 6 | 7.4 GB | High | B65 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 9.6 GB | Very High | B66 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 18.5 GB | Maximum | B70 |
Copy-paste commands to run Nous Hermes 1.0 on your machine.
Run
lms load Nous-Hermes-1.0 && lms server startYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct | 30.5B | S | 113.8 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 27B | S | 49.4 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 27B | S | 49.5 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 35B A3B | 35B | S | 95.6 tok/s | |
| Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct | 30B | S | 117.7 tok/s |
Yes, RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB can run Nous Hermes 1.0 with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 126.0 tok/s.
Nous Hermes 1.0 (9B parameters) requires approximately 22.1 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Nous Hermes 1.0 is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB, Nous Hermes 1.0 achieves approximately 126.0 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1537ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Nous Hermes 1.0 on RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB receives a A grade with 126.0 tok/s and 16K context.
On RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB, Nous Hermes 1.0 can safely use up to 16K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 16K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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