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RTX Pro 6000 96GB

96GB Blackwell workstation. 405B at Q3, 70B at FP16. Without the datacenter price tag.

VRAM
96GB
Bandwidth
1,792GB/s
FP16 compute
510TFLOPS
Budget @ ctx 8K
76GB

Tuned to this card.

$ ./vrambudget --gpu rtx-6000-pro
$ vrambudget --gpu rtx-6000-pro --ctx 8192 --conc 1 --safety 15%↗ tweetlive
ampere · 48GB
RTX A6000
48GB
ada · 48GB
RTX 6000 Ada
48GB
blackwell · 96GB
RTX Pro 6000
96GB
ada · datacenter
L40S
48GB
96GB
64GB
8Ktok
96GB
device capacity
0.05GB
0.1% of total
2.5GB
2.6% of total
79GB
82% of total
$ budget allocation82 / 96 GB used
weightskv cacheoverheadsafety
↳ sorted by best fit
fitscomfortably runs on this budget27 models
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
75 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
66 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
72 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
77 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
75 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
50 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
70 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
68 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
65 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
65 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
61 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
54 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
52 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
48 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
42 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
30 GB
fits
Phi-414.7B
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
29 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
18 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
18 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
16 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
16 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
14 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
14 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
8.0 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
7.6 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
6.4 GB
fits
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
2.5 GB
fits
overneeds a bigger card, more aggressive quant, or model split3 models
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
228 GB
over
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
377 GB
over
FP16/BF16FP8/INT8Q8_0Q6_KQ5_K_MQ4_K_MQ3_K_MAWQ 4-bitGPTQ 4-bit
377 GB
over

Models that fit on a RTX Pro 6000.

$ grep "fits" models.json | head -12
ModelParamsBest quantWeights / 76 GB budgetFit
Mixtral 8x22B141BAWQ 4-BIT
75
fits
▸ show the math
// weights AWQ 4-bit for Mixtral 8x22B (141B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 141 × 4.25 ÷ 8
        = 74.91 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
74.91 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 4.14 GB of weights budget left
gpt-oss 120B117BQ4_K_M
66
fits
▸ show the math
// weights Q4_K_M for gpt-oss 120B (117B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 117 × 4.5 ÷ 8
        = 65.81 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
65.81 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 13.24 GB of weights budget left
Command R+104BQ5_K_M
72
fits
▸ show the math
// weights Q5_K_M for Command R+ (104B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 104 × 5.5 ÷ 8
        = 71.50 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
71.50 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 7.55 GB of weights budget left
Qwen 2.5 72B72.7BFP8/INT8
73
fits
▸ show the math
// weights FP8/INT8 for Qwen 2.5 72B (72.7B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 72.7 × 8 ÷ 8
        = 72.70 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
72.70 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 6.35 GB of weights budget left
Llama 3.3 70B70.6BQ8_0
75
fits
▸ show the math
// weights Q8_0 for Llama 3.3 70B (70.6B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 70.6 × 8.5 ÷ 8
        = 75.01 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
75.01 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 4.04 GB of weights budget left
Mixtral 8x7B46.7BQ8_0
50
fits
▸ show the math
// weights Q8_0 for Mixtral 8x7B (46.7B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 46.7 × 8.5 ÷ 8
        = 49.62 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
49.62 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 29.43 GB of weights budget left
Qwen 3.6 35B A3B35BFP16/BF16
70
fits
▸ show the math
// weights FP16/BF16 for Qwen 3.6 35B A3B (35B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 35 × 16 ÷ 8
        = 70.00 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
70.00 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 9.05 GB of weights budget left
Yi 34B34BFP16/BF16
68
fits
▸ show the math
// weights FP16/BF16 for Yi 34B (34B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 34 × 16 ÷ 8
        = 68.00 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
68.00 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 11.05 GB of weights budget left
Qwen 2.5 32B32.5BFP16/BF16
65
fits
▸ show the math
// weights FP16/BF16 for Qwen 2.5 32B (32.5B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 32.5 × 16 ÷ 8
        = 65.00 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
65.00 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 14.05 GB of weights budget left
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B32.5BFP16/BF16
65
fits
▸ show the math
// weights FP16/BF16 for Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (32.5B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 32.5 × 16 ÷ 8
        = 65.00 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
65.00 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 14.05 GB of weights budget left
Qwen3 30B A3B30.5BFP16/BF16
61
fits
▸ show the math
// weights FP16/BF16 for Qwen3 30B A3B (30.5B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 30.5 × 16 ÷ 8
        = 61.00 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
61.00 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 18.05 GB of weights budget left
Qwen 3.6 27B27BFP16/BF16
54
fits
▸ show the math
// weights FP16/BF16 for Qwen 3.6 27B (27B params)
weights = params × bits ÷ 8
        = 27 × 16 ÷ 8
        = 54.00 GB

// budget on RTX Pro 6000 (96GB) at ctx 8K, conc 1, 15% safety
kv_cache  = 0.05 GB    (1× at ctx 8K)
overhead  = 2.50 GB    (runtime, cuda, allocator)
safety    = 14.40 GB    (15% of 96GB)
budget    = vram − safety − kv − overhead
          = 96 − 14.40 − 0.05 − 2.50
          = 79.05 GB

// fit decision
54.00 ≤ 79.05  → FITS
headroom  = 25.05 GB of weights budget left

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$ ./vrambudget --compare

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