RTX 2000 Ada Generation
RTX 2000 Ada Generation has 16 GB of VRAM at 224 GB/s — about 14.88 GiB usable after driver and compositor overhead. 1845 of 2118 indexed models fit at 16K context with q8_0 KV.
What fits at 16K context
| Model | Best quant | Params | Weights● | KV● | Total in memory◐ | Headroom◐ | tok/s◐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora-Code-1MoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 34.7B | 13.70 GiB | 0.17 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 51±37% |
| granite-20b-code-instruct-8k | Q5_K_M | 20.1B | 13.79 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| granite-20b-code-base-8k | I1-Q5_K_M | 20.1B | 13.79 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| granite-34b-code-base-8k | I1-IQ3_S | 33.7B | 13.79 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.87 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 9±22% |
| QwQ-32B | Q2_K_L | 32.8B | 11.64 GiB | 2.13 GiB | 14.86 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 9±22% |
| Phi-3-mini-4k-instructKV unresolved | Q6_K | 3.8B | 10.67 GiB | 3.19 GiB | 14.86 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 9±22% |
| Skywork-R1V3-38B | IQ3_M | 38.4B | 13.79 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.86 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 9±22% |
| reka-flash-3.1 | I1-Q4_K_M | 20.9B | 12.68 GiB | 1.10 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| reka-flash-3 | Q4_K_M | 20.9B | 12.68 GiB | 1.10 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| c4ai-command-r-08-2024 | Q2_K_L | 32.3B | 12.40 GiB | 1.33 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 9±22% |
| OpenAI-gpt-oss-20B-Claude-4.5-Opus-Heretic-UncensoredMoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 20.9B | 13.65 GiB | 0.21 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 28±37% |
| gpt-oss-20b-uncensoredMoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 20.9B | 13.65 GiB | 0.21 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 28±37% |
| gpt-oss-safeguard-20bMoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 21.5B | 13.65 GiB | 0.21 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 28±37% |
| Huihui-gpt-oss-20b-BF16-abliterated-v2MoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 20.9B | 13.65 GiB | 0.21 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 28±37% |
| metatune-gpt20b-R1.09MoE | I1-Q4_K_S | 21.5B | 13.65 GiB | 0.21 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 28±37% |
| gpt-oss-20b-DerestrictedMoE | Q4_K_S | 20.9B | 13.65 GiB | 0.21 GiB | 14.85 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 28±37% |
| Gemma-4-31B-Isometry-RP | I1-IQ3_XXS | 32.7B | 11.81 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| Gemma-4-Dark-Gemistry-31B | I1-IQ3_XXS | 32.7B | 11.81 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| Prosopon-31B | I1-IQ3_XXS | 32.7B | 11.81 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| Gemma-4-Novelist-Eclipse-31B | I1-IQ3_XXS | 32.7B | 11.81 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| Giftige-Blume-31B-v1-StyleSwap | I1-IQ3_XXS | 32.7B | 11.81 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| G4-MeroMero-31B-StyleSwap | I1-IQ3_XXS | 32.7B | 11.81 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| Gemma-4-31B-StyleTune-heretic-ara | I1-IQ3_XXS | 32.7B | 11.81 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| Pantheon-Reasoning-31B-1.1 | I1-IQ3_XXS | 32.7B | 11.81 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| Gemma-4-31B-StyleTune | I1-IQ3_XXS | 32.7B | 11.81 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| Barcenas-StyleTune-31B-Fable | I1-IQ3_XXS | 32.1B | 11.81 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 9±22% |
| GLM-4.7-Flash-DerestrictedMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 31.2B | 13.39 GiB | 0.44 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 36±37% |
| Huihui-GLM-4.7-Flash-abliteratedMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 31.2B | 13.39 GiB | 0.44 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 36±37% |
| GLM-4.7-Flash-Claude-Opus-4.5-High-Reasoning-DistillMoE | Q3_K_M | 31.2B | 13.39 GiB | 0.44 GiB | 14.84 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 36±37% |
| Qwen3.6-14B-A3B-FableVibesMoE | Q8_0 | 13.8B | 13.65 GiB | 0.17 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 34±37% |
| Qwen3.6-14B-A3B-VibeForged-v2MoE | Q8_0 | 13.8B | 13.65 GiB | 0.17 GiB | 14.82 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 34±37% |
| Gemma4-Gutenberg-31B | IQ2_M | 31.3B | 11.78 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 9±22% |
| gemma-4-31B-it | IQ2_M | 31.3B | 11.78 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 9±22% |
| Gemma4-Gutenberg-31B-Heretic | IQ2_M | 31.3B | 11.78 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 9±22% |
| Equinox-31B | IQ2_M | 31.3B | 11.78 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 9±22% |
| gemma-4-31B-it-SDFT-Heretic-RP | IQ2_M | 30.7B | 11.78 GiB | 1.95 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 9±22% |
| WizardCoder-Python-34B-V1.0 | I1-IQ3_XXS | 33.7B | 12.12 GiB | 1.59 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 9±22% |
| Phind-CodeLlama-34B-Python-v1 | I1-IQ3_XXS | 33.7B | 12.12 GiB | 1.59 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 9±22% |
| Phind-CodeLlama-34B-v2 | I1-IQ3_XXS | 33.7B | 12.12 GiB | 1.59 GiB | 14.81 GiB | 0.07 GiB | 9±22% |
| Goetia-26B-A4B-v1.4MoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 26.0B | 13.33 GiB | 0.49 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 9±22% |
| G4-Moonlight-Dusk-26B-A4B-hereticMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 26.5B | 13.33 GiB | 0.49 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 9±22% |
| Pantheon-Reasoning-26B-A4B-1.1-hereticMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 26.5B | 13.33 GiB | 0.49 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 9±22% |
| G4-Moonlight-Dusk-26B-A4BMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 26.5B | 13.33 GiB | 0.49 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 9±22% |
| Chimera-X-26B-A4BMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 26.5B | 13.33 GiB | 0.49 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 9±22% |
| Pantheon-Reasoning-26B-A4B-1.1MoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 26.5B | 13.33 GiB | 0.49 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 9±22% |
| Gemma-4-26B-A4B-StyleTune-V2MoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 26.5B | 13.33 GiB | 0.49 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 9±22% |
| Gemma-4-26B-A4B-StyleTuneMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 26.5B | 13.33 GiB | 0.49 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 9±22% |
| gemma-4-26b-a4b-heretic-styletune-v2-headMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 25.8B | 13.33 GiB | 0.49 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 9±22% |
| GLM-Z1-Rumination-32B-0414 | Q2_K | 33.1B | 11.69 GiB | 2.03 GiB | 14.80 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 9±22% |
| IQuest-Coder-V1-40B-Instruct | I1-IQ2_XS | 39.8B | 11.04 GiB | 2.66 GiB | 14.79 GiB | 0.09 GiB | 9±22% |
| Qwen3-14B-GPT-5.2-High-Reasoning-Distill | Q3_K_S | 14.8B | 12.40 GiB | 1.33 GiB | 14.79 GiB | 0.09 GiB | 9±22% |
| solar-pro-preview-instructKV unresolved | IQ4_XS | 22.1B | 11.06 GiB | 2.66 GiB | 14.78 GiB | 0.10 GiB | 9±22% |
| MythoMax-L2-Kimiko-v2-13b | Q4_K_S | 13.0B | 7.09 GiB | 6.64 GiB | 14.78 GiB | 0.10 GiB | 9±22% |
| MythoMax-L2-13b | I1-Q4_K_S | 13.0B | 7.09 GiB | 6.64 GiB | 14.78 GiB | 0.10 GiB | 9±22% |
| Qwen3.6-27B-Fable-5-Experimental | Q3_K_M | 27.8B | 13.18 GiB | 0.53 GiB | 14.77 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 9±22% |
| Qwen3.6-VL-REAP-26B-A3BMoE | IQ4_XS | 26.6B | 13.59 GiB | 0.17 GiB | 14.76 GiB | 0.12 GiB | 47±37% |
| Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-Heretic | I1-Q6_K | 8.8B | 12.53 GiB | 1.20 GiB | 14.76 GiB | 0.12 GiB | 9±22% |
| MiniCPM-V-4_5 | Q6_K | 8.7B | 12.53 GiB | 1.20 GiB | 14.75 GiB | 0.13 GiB | 9±22% |
| OmniAtlas-Qwen3-30B-A3B | I1-Q3_K_M | 31.7B | 13.70 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.75 GiB | 0.13 GiB | 9±22% |
| Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Captioner | I1-Q3_K_M | 31.7B | 13.70 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 14.75 GiB | 0.13 GiB | 9±22% |
Speed is modeled, not measured: decode is memory-bandwidth bound, so tokens per second is bytes read per token against achievable bandwidth. Mixture-of-experts models carry a wider band because only the routed experts are read each step, and few have been measured publicly.
Measured on this card
| Workload◍ | Median | Middle 50% | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt processing | 1954.52 tok/s | 593.35–2240.41 | 12 |
| Image generation | 9.32 it/s | 9.06–9.54 | 6 |
| Text generation | 50.65 tok/s | 50.60–50.70 | 6 |
Aggregated from community-submitted runs, so the spread is wide by nature — it covers different models, resolutions, step counts and settings, not one controlled configuration. Read the middle 50% rather than the median alone. These figures are reproduced with attribution from llama.cpp-discussion-15013.
Questions people ask
- What AI models can a RTX 2000 Ada Generation run?
- 1845 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a RTX 2000 Ada Generation at 16,384 context with q8_0 KV cache, the largest being Aurora-Code-1 at I1-Q3_K_M. That covers text, vision-language, image, video and speech models.
- How much usable memory does a RTX 2000 Ada Generation actually have?
- Its nameplate is 16 GB, but about 14.88 GiB is available to a model once driver and compositor overhead is accounted for.
- Is a RTX 2000 Ada Generation fast for local AI?
- Its memory bandwidth is 224 GB/s, and that figure — not teraflops — is what governs token generation speed. Capacity decides what you can run; bandwidth decides how fast it runs.