NVIDIA A5000 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen/Qwen3-4B. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA A5000 can run Qwen/Qwen3-4B with Q4 quantization. At approximately 135 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 22GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 2GB | 24GB | 134.79 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 4GB | 24GB | 96.28 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 9GB | 24GB | 47.04 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |