Can Baichuan 13B run on RTX 5000 Ada 32GB?

YES — Runs Great

A71Great

○Estimated from fit model

Baichuan 13B needs ~26.0 GB VRAM. RTX 5000 Ada 32GB has 32.0 GB. With Q5_K_M quantization, expect ~50 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: MediumStack: BasicBottleneck: Balanced

Operating mode

Choose the run profile you care about

Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.

Current mode

Balanced

Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.

Capabilities:

Select quantization to explore

Q5_K_M (High quality) — 26.0 GB, 50.2 tok/s, Runs well

26.0 GB required32.0 GB available

81% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

50.2 tok/s

TTFT

3855 ms

Safe context

Memory

26.0 GB / 32.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights9.4 GB

KV Cache12.2 GB

Runtime1.2 GB

Headroom3.2 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsBaichuan 13B on RTX 5000 Ada 32GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>Solve: If a train travels at 60 mph for 2.5 hours, how far does it go?
Let me work through this step by step.

Given information:
 - Speed = 60 mph (miles per hour)
 - Time = 2.5 hours

Formula: Distance = Speed x Time

Calculation:
 Distance = 60 mph x 2.5 h
 = 150 miles

The train travels 150 miles.

Double-check: at 60 mph the train covers 60 miles each hour. In half an hour it covers 30 miles. So in 2.5 hours: 60 + 60 + 30 = 150 miles. Confirmed.
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>What if the train stops for 20 minutes halfway?
The stop doesn't change the total distance covered while moving, but it affects total trip time.

Breakdown:
 - First half: 1.25 hours at 60 mph = 75 miles
 - Stop: 20 minutes (no distance)
 - Second half: 1.25 hours at 60 mph = 75 miles

Total distance: 150 miles (same)
Total time: 2.5 h + 0.33 h = 2.83 hours
Average speed: 150 / 2.83 = 53 mph

The distance stays the same but average speed drops to 53 mph because of the stop.
Estimated: 50.2 tok/s decode · 3.9s TTFT (warm) · 126 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

This setup is broadly balanced for this model.

No major red flags

This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Chat	B	Runs well	50.2 tok/s	2103 ms	8K
Coding	A	Runs well	50.2 tok/s	3855 ms	8K
Agentic Coding	C	Very compromised (needs ~1.5 GB host RAM)	26.0 tok/s	10840 ms	8K
Reasoning	A	Runs well	50.2 tok/s	4556 ms	8K
RAG	C	Very compromised (needs ~1.5 GB host RAM)	26.0 tok/s	13550 ms	8K

Quantization options

How Baichuan 13B (13B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 5000 Ada 32GB (32.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	5.1 GB	Low	B60
Q3_K_S	3	6.4 GB	Low	B60
NVFP4	4	7.3 GB	Medium	B61
Q4_K_M	4	7.9 GB	Medium	B61
Q5_K_M	5	9.4 GB	High	B62
Q6_K	6	10.7 GB	High	B62
Q8_0	8	13.9 GB	Very High	B64
F16Best for your GPU	16	26.7 GB	Maximum	B65

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Baichuan 13B on your machine.

Run

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \
 --hf-repo "baichuan-inc/Baichuan-13B-Chat" \
 --hf-file "Baichuan-13B-Chat-Q5_K_M.gguf" \
 -c 4096 -ngl 99

Your hardware

More models your RTX 5000 Ada 32GB can run

Model	Params	Grade	Decode
👁 Alibaba Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct	30.5B	S	69.7 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.5 27B	27B	S	30.2 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.6 27B	27B	S	30.3 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.6 35B A3B	35B	S	58.6 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct	30B	S	72.1 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

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