Can Jina Embeddings v3 run on NVIDIA A2 16GB?

YES — Runs Great

A79Great

○Estimated from fit model

Jina Embeddings v3 needs ~5.9 GB VRAM. NVIDIA A2 16GB has 16.0 GB. With F16 quantization, expect ~8 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: Very lowStack: BasicBottleneck: Memory bandwidth

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

F16 (Maximum quality) — 5.9 GB, 8.0 tok/s, Runs well

5.9 GB required16.0 GB available

37% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

8.0 tok/s

TTFT

24176 ms

Safe context

Memory

5.9 GB / 16.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights1.2 GB

KV Cache2.0 GB

Runtime1.2 GB

Headroom1.6 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsJina Embeddings v3 on NVIDIA A2 16GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>What is local AI inference?
Local AI inference means running an AI language model directly on your own hardware — your laptop, desktop, or server — instead of sending requests to a remote cloud API.

When you run inference locally the model weights are loaded into your GPU or unified memory. Each token you generate requires reading those weights from memory, so memory bandwidth is the main bottleneck for decode speed.

Key benefits of running locally:
 - Full privacy: your prompts never leave your machine
 - No per-token cost or rate limits
 - Works offline once the model is downloaded
 - Latency depends only on your hardware
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>How much VRAM do I need?
It depends on the model size and quantization level. A rough rule of thumb:

 Model size Q4 (4-bit) Q8 (8-bit) FP16
 7B params ~4.3 GB ~7.5 GB ~14 GB
 13B params ~7.9 GB ~13.9 GB ~26 GB
 70B params ~42.7 GB ~74.9 GB ~140 GB

Most people use 4-bit quantization (Q4_K_M) which gives 90-95% of full quality at a fraction of the memory. A 24 GB GPU can comfortably run most 7B-13B models.
Estimated: 8.0 tok/s decode · 24.2s TTFT (warm) · 20 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	A	Runs well	8.0 tok/s	13187 ms	8K
Coding	A	Runs well	8.0 tok/s	24176 ms	8K
Agentic Coding	A	Runs well	8.0 tok/s	35165 ms	8K
Reasoning	A	Runs well	8.0 tok/s	28571 ms	8K
RAG	A	Runs well	8.0 tok/s	43956 ms	8K

Quantization options

How Jina Embeddings v3 (0.5720000267028809B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA A2 16GB (16.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	0.2 GB	Low	A82
Q3_K_S	3	0.3 GB	Low	A82
NVFP4	4	0.3 GB	Medium	A82
Q4_K_M	4	0.3 GB	Medium	A82
Q5_K_M	5	0.4 GB	High	A82
Q6_K	6	0.5 GB	High	A82
Q8_0	8	0.6 GB	Very High	A82
F16Best for your GPU	16	1.2 GB	Maximum	A82

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Jina Embeddings v3 on your machine.

Run

ollama run jina/jina-embeddings-v3

Your hardware

More models your NVIDIA A2 16GB can run

Model	Params	Grade	Decode
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.5 9B	9B	S	30.5 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3 14B	14B	S	19.7 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.5 4B	4B	S	56 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3 8B	8B	S	34.4 tok/s
👁 Microsoft Phi-4-reasoning-plus 14B	14.7B	S	18.7 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

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⇱ Jina Embeddings v3 on NVIDIA A2 16GB? YES