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. 1862 of 2118 indexed models fit at 8K context with q4_0 KV.
What fits at 8K context
| Model | Best quant | Params | Weights● | KV● | Total in memory◐ | Headroom◐ | tok/s◐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-oss-20b-hereticMoE | Q4_K_S | 20.9B | 13.83 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 14.88 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 29±37% |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-REAM-160-ru-agentMoE | Q4_1 | 23.6B | 13.82 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 47±37% |
| Yi-34B-200K-DARE-megamerge-v8 | I1-IQ3_XS | 34.4B | 13.26 GiB | 0.53 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| dolphin-2.9.1-yi-1.5-34b | I1-IQ3_XS | 34.4B | 13.26 GiB | 0.53 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| OrionStar-Yi-34B-Chat-Llama | I1-IQ3_XS | 34.4B | 13.26 GiB | 0.53 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Yi-34B-200K-Llamafied | I1-IQ3_XS | 34.4B | 13.26 GiB | 0.53 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Yi-1.5-34B | IQ3_XS | 34.4B | 13.26 GiB | 0.53 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Merged-RP-Stew-V2-34B | I1-IQ3_XS | 34.4B | 13.26 GiB | 0.53 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Capybara-Tess-Yi-34B-200K | I1-IQ3_XS | 34.4B | 13.26 GiB | 0.53 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| 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% |
| North-Mini-Code-1.0MoE | Q3_K_L | 30.5B | 13.74 GiB | 0.15 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 40±37% |
| EXAONE-4.0-32B | IQ3_M | 32.0B | 13.39 GiB | 0.38 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| Qwen3-Coder-REAP-25B-A3BMoE | Q4_K_S | 24.9B | 13.66 GiB | 0.21 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 36±37% |
| EuroLLM-22B-Instruct-2512 | Q4_1 | 22.6B | 13.32 GiB | 0.47 GiB | 14.86 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 9±22% |
| Skywork-R1V3-38B | IQ3_M | 38.4B | 13.79 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.86 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 9±22% |
| Nous-Capybara-limarpv3-34B | I1-IQ3_XXS | 34.4B | 13.24 GiB | 0.53 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-itMoE | IQ4_NL | 26.5B | 13.69 GiB | 0.17 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| Fallen-Gemma3-27B-v1 | Q3_K_L | 27.4B | 13.54 GiB | 0.26 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| Qwen3.6-28BMoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 28.2B | 13.77 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 52±37% |
| Qwen3.5-28BMoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 28.7B | 13.77 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 52±37% |
| Delphi-25B-SimpleRL-Math | I1-Q3_K_M | 25.0B | 11.39 GiB | 2.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| dolphin-2.9.3-mistral-7B-32k | F16 | 7.2B | 13.50 GiB | 0.28 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3-Parasite | F16 | 7.2B | 13.50 GiB | 0.28 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3-Jbliterated | F16 | 7.2B | 13.50 GiB | 0.28 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3 | F16 | 7.2B | 13.50 GiB | 0.28 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-7B-v0.3 | F16 | 7.2B | 13.50 GiB | 0.28 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-7B-v0.3-Chinese-Chat | F16 | 7.2B | 13.50 GiB | 0.28 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| mistral-7b-v0.3-bnb-4bit | BF16 | 7.5B | 13.50 GiB | 0.28 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mathstral-7B-v0.1 | F16 | 7.2B | 13.50 GiB | 0.28 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Devstral-Small-2-24B-Instruct-2512 | Q4_K_M | 24.0B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Voxtral-Small-24B-2507 | Q4_K_M | 24.3B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Magistral-Small-2509 | Q4_K_M | 24.0B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Magistral-Small-2507 | Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Transformed-Journey-24B | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Magistry-24B-v1.1 | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mergedonia-AETHER-24B-v1a | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mergedonia-AETHER-24B-v1b | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Slimaki-Tavern-24B-v1.3 | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Maginum-Cydoms-24B | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Maginum-Cydoms-24B-absolute-heresy | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Dolphin3.0-R1-Mistral-24B | Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Dolphin3.0-Mistral-24B | Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506-ultra-uncensored-heretic | I1-Q4_K_M | 24.0B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Huihui-Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506-abliterated-llamacppfixed | I1-Q4_K_M | 24.0B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Dans-PersonalityEngine-V1.2.0-24b | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-Small-3_2-24B-Instruct-2506-antislop.v2 | I1-Q4_K_M | 24.0B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Cydonia_Vistral | Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506 | Q4_K_M | 24.0B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Dans-PersonalityEngine-V1.3.0-24b | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Devstral-Small-2507 | Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Goetia-24B-v1.1 | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Devstral-Small-2505 | Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| MS3.2-PaintedFantasy-v3-24B | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| RP-Spectrum-24B | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| MS3.2-PaintedFantasy-v4.1-24B-ultra-uncensored-heretic-v2 | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Magidonia-24B-v4.3-heretic-v1.2 | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| Magidonia-24B-v4.3-absolute-heresy | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 9±22% |
| MagiSeek-Pro-V1 | I1-Q4_K_M | 23.6B | 13.35 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 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?
- 1862 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a RTX 2000 Ada Generation at 8,192 context with q4_0 KV cache, the largest being gpt-oss-20b-heretic at Q4_K_S. 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.