NVIDIA A6000 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen/Qwen2.5-32B-Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA A6000 can run Qwen/Qwen2.5-32B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 45 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 31GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 17GB | 48GB | 45.12 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 34GB | 48GB | 35.59 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 67GB | 48GB | 17.08 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |