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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 run CogVLM-17B?

Yes โ€” here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

CogVLM-17B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 42k 77-91.7 t/s ~1.7-2 (slow)
Q4 yes 70k 137.4-163.8 t/s ~3.1-3.7 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

FAQ

Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 run CogVLM-17B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~137.4-163.8 tok/s and fits up to 70k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~3.1-3.7 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 70k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.