NVIDIA A6000 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen/Qwen2.5-14B. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA A6000 can run Qwen/Qwen2.5-14B with Q4 quantization. At approximately 107 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 41GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 7GB | 48GB | 106.54 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 14GB | 48GB | 72.68 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 29GB | 48GB | 39.33 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |