NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada can run Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B with Q4 quantization. At approximately 101 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 33GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 15GB | 48GB | 101.37 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 31GB | 48GB | 63.00 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 61GB | 48GB | 39.33 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |