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NVIDIA RTX A4000: local LLM speed
Llama 2 7B (Q4_0) generates 85.2 tokens/s on the NVIDIA RTX A4000 (CUDA), and processes prompts at 2,808 tokens/s.
Measured results
| Model | Generate tok/s | Prompt tok/s | Quant | Backend | Test | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 2 7B | 85.2 | 2,808 | Q4_0 | CUDA FA on | tg128 | llama.cpp #15013 details |
| Llama 2 7B | 83.8 | 2,684 | Q4_0 | CUDA FA off | tg128 | llama.cpp #15013 details |
| Llama 2 7B | 76.1 | 2,483 | Q4_0 | Vulkan FA on | tg128 | llama.cpp #10879 details |
| Llama 2 7B | 73.7 | 2,248 | Q4_0 | Vulkan FA off | tg128 | llama.cpp #10879 details |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | 180 | 7,751 | Q4_K_M | llamafile | LocalScore avg | LocalScore details |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | 56.5 | 1,931 | Q4_K_M | llamafile | LocalScore avg | LocalScore details |
| Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | 32.0 | 1,042 | Q4_K_M | llamafile | LocalScore avg | LocalScore details |
What fits on the NVIDIA RTX A4000
Estimates for this chip are scaled from a measured run: Llama 2 7B Q4_0 at 85.2 tok/s (CUDA, source). Fit assumes the whole model in GPU memory with ~8K context.
| Model | Best quant that fits | File | Expected tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8-27B | UD-IQ3_XXS | 10.9 GB | 29.8 estimate |
| gemma-4-12B-it | Q8_0 | 12.7 GB | 25.7 estimate |
| Qwen3.5-9B | Q8_0 | 9.5 GB | 34.2 estimate |
| Qwen3.5-4B | Q8_0 | 4.5 GB | 72.6 estimate |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | UD-IQ3_XXS | 13.2 GB | 144 estimate |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it | UD-IQ4_XS | 13.6 GB | 77.8 estimate |
| MiMo-V2.6-Distill-Qwen-9B | Q8_0 | 9.5 GB | 34.1 estimate |
| gemma-4-E4B-it | Q8_0 | 8.2 GB | 39.7 estimate |
| Muse-Glimmer-30B | UD-IQ3_XXS | 13.1 GB | 24.8 estimate |
| Qwen3-4B | Q8_0 | 4.3 GB | 76.1 estimate |
| gemma-4-31B-it | UD-IQ3_XXS | 11.8 GB | 27.5 estimate |
| gemma-4-12B-it-qat-q4_0-unquantized | UD-Q4_K_XL | 6.7 GB | 48.5 estimate |
| gemma-3-1b-it | Q8_0 | 1.1 GB | 271 estimate |
| gemma-4-E2B-it | Q8_0 | 5.0 GB | 65.5 estimate |
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