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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 run Granite 20B?

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

Granite 20B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 30k 65.4-78 t/s ~1.5-1.7 (slow)
Q4 yes 64k 116.8-139.2 t/s ~2.6-3.1 (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 Granite 20B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~116.8-139.2 tok/s and fits up to 64k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~2.6-3.1 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 64k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.