RTX 2000 Ada Generation
RTX 2000 Ada Generation has 16 GB of VRAM at 224 GB/s — about 14.88 GiB usable after driver and compositor overhead. 1680 of 2118 indexed models fit at 64K context with q8_0 KV.
What fits at 64K context
| Model | Best quant | Params | Weights● | KV● | Total in memory◐ | Headroom◐ | tok/s◐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tess-3-Mistral-Nemo-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Vikhr-Nemo-12B-Instruct-R-21-09-24 | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Wayfarer-2-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Wayfarer-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| writing-roleplay-20k-context-nemo-12b-v1.0 | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Dans-PersonalityEngine-V1.3.0-12b | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Lumimaid-v0.2-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Lumimaid-Magnum-v4-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Captain-Eris_Violet-V0.420-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Gutenberg-Doppel-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407 | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| MN-12b-RP-Ink | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| magnum-v4-12b | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-Nemo-12B-ArliAI-RPMax-v1.1 | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Rocinante-X-12B-v1 | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Dans-SakuraKaze-V1.0.0-12b | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| MN-12B-Mag-Mell-R1 | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| pixtral-12b | Q5_K_L | 12.7B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Crimson_Dawn-v0.2 | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Magnum-Picaro-0.7-v2-12b | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Nera_Noctis-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Prism-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Chronos-Gold-12B-1.0 | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| MN-12B-Celeste-V1.9 | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| magnum-v2.5-12b-kto | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| magnum-v2-12b | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| NemoMix-Unleashed-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Rocinante-12B-v1.1 | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| BlackSheep-RP-12B | Q5_K_L | 12.2B | 8.51 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Rocinante-XL-16B-v1 | IQ3_XS | 16.1B | 6.65 GiB | 7.17 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Ling-liteMoE | Q5_K_L | 16.8B | 12.02 GiB | 1.86 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 20±37% |
| granite-20b-code-instruct-8k | Q5_K_M | 20.1B | 13.79 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| granite-20b-code-base-8k | I1-Q5_K_M | 20.1B | 13.79 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| granite-34b-code-base-8k | I1-IQ3_S | 33.7B | 13.79 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Skywork-R1V3-38B | IQ3_M | 38.4B | 13.79 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.86 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 9±22% |
| Devstral-Small-2507 | Q2_K_L | 23.6B | 8.43 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.86 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 9±22% |
| Magistral-Small-2509 | Q2_K_L | 24.0B | 8.43 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.86 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 9±22% |
| Magistral-Small-2507 | Q2_K_L | 23.6B | 8.43 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.86 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 9±22% |
| diffusiongemma-26B-A4B-it-HERETIC-UncensoredMoE | Q3_K_M | 25.8B | 12.38 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| diffusiongemma-26B-A4B-itMoE | Q3_K_M | 25.8B | 12.38 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Olmo-3.1-32B-Instruct | Q2_K | 32.2B | 11.18 GiB | 2.57 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Olmo-3.1-32B-Think | Q2_K | 32.2B | 11.18 GiB | 2.57 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Olmo-3-32B-Think | Q2_K | 32.2B | 11.18 GiB | 2.57 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Apriel-1.6-15b-Thinker | IQ4_XS | 14.9B | 7.43 GiB | 6.38 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Magistral-Small-2509-Vision | Q2_K_S | 24.0B | 8.42 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| WizardCoder-Python-34B-V1.0 | I1-IQ1_M | 33.7B | 7.38 GiB | 6.38 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Phind-CodeLlama-34B-Python-v1 | I1-IQ1_M | 33.7B | 7.38 GiB | 6.38 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Phind-CodeLlama-34B-v2 | I1-IQ1_M | 33.7B | 7.38 GiB | 6.38 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| dolphin-2.6-mistral-7b | Q5_K_M | 7.2B | 9.56 GiB | 4.25 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-Abliterated | I1-Q4_1 | 8.0B | 9.56 GiB | 4.25 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Goetia-26B-A4B-v1.3-Absolute-Heretic-ARAMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 25.8B | 12.37 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Frank-26B-A4BMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 26.5B | 12.37 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| G4-MeroMero-26B-A4B-it-uncensored-hereticMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 25.8B | 12.37 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| EVE-26b-XENO-HATMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 25.8B | 12.37 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Gemma-4-26B-A4B-Animus-V14.1-FFT-hereticMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 25.8B | 12.37 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-qat-q4_0-unquantized-hereticMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 25.8B | 12.37 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-Claude-Opus-DistillMoE | Q3_K_M | 26.5B | 12.37 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Huihui-gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-qat-q4_0-unquantized-abliteratedMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 26.5B | 12.37 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| G4-MeroMero-26B-A4BMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 25.8B | 12.37 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-Claude-Opus-Distill-v2MoE | Q3_K_M | 26.5B | 12.37 GiB | 1.48 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
Speed is modeled, not measured: decode is memory-bandwidth bound, so tokens per second is bytes read per token against achievable bandwidth. Mixture-of-experts models carry a wider band because only the routed experts are read each step, and few have been measured publicly.
Measured on this card
| Workload◍ | Median | Middle 50% | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt processing | 1954.52 tok/s | 593.35–2240.41 | 12 |
| Image generation | 9.32 it/s | 9.06–9.54 | 6 |
| Text generation | 50.65 tok/s | 50.60–50.70 | 6 |
Aggregated from community-submitted runs, so the spread is wide by nature — it covers different models, resolutions, step counts and settings, not one controlled configuration. Read the middle 50% rather than the median alone. These figures are reproduced with attribution from llama.cpp-discussion-15013.
Questions people ask
- What AI models can a RTX 2000 Ada Generation run?
- 1680 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a RTX 2000 Ada Generation at 65,536 context with q8_0 KV cache, the largest being Tess-3-Mistral-Nemo-12B at Q5_K_L. That covers text, vision-language, image, video and speech models.
- How much usable memory does a RTX 2000 Ada Generation actually have?
- Its nameplate is 16 GB, but about 14.88 GiB is available to a model once driver and compositor overhead is accounted for.
- Is a RTX 2000 Ada Generation fast for local AI?
- Its memory bandwidth is 224 GB/s, and that figure — not teraflops — is what governs token generation speed. Capacity decides what you can run; bandwidth decides how fast it runs.