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Can MPT-30B-Instruct run on RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48GB?

YES — With Offload

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Estimated from fit model

MPT-30B-Instruct needs ~51.0 GB VRAM. RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48GB has 48.0 GB. With Q5_K_M quantization, expect ~36 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: OffloadBandwidth: HighStack: BasicBottleneck: Host offload
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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) — 51.0 GB, 36.0 tok/s, Runs with offload (needs ~1.3 GB host RAM)
51.0 GB required48.0 GB available
106% VRAM needed

3.0 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization

Fit status

Runs with offload (needs ~1.3 GB host RAM)

Decode

36.0 tok/s

TTFT

5382 ms

Safe context

8K

Memory

51.0 GB / 48.0 GB

Offload

10%

Memory breakdown

Weights21.6 GB
KV Cache23.4 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom4.8 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsMPT-30B-Instruct on RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48GB
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: 36.0 tok/s decode · 5.4s TTFT (warm) · 90 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

It fits through host-memory offload, and offload is the main reason performance drops.

CPU or host-memory offload is active

About 10% of the working set spills out of accelerator memory, which usually hurts latency and sustained decode throughput.

Very little memory headroom

You can run the model, but there is not much room left for longer context, bigger batches, extra apps, or future model updates.

Best improvement path

Remove offload with more accelerator memory

Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.

Buy headroom, not only minimum fit

A slightly larger memory tier gives you safer context growth and makes the recommendation more future-proof.

Increase host RAM if you keep offloading

This setup may need roughly 1.3 GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatARuns well53.3 tok/s1981 ms8K
CodingBRuns with offload (needs ~1.3 GB host RAM)36.0 tok/s5382 ms8K
Agentic CodingFToo heavy16.6 tok/s16923 ms8K
ReasoningBRuns with offload (needs ~1.3 GB host RAM)36.0 tok/s6361 ms8K
RAGFToo heavy16.6 tok/s21154 ms

Quantization options

How MPT-30B-Instruct (30B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48GB (48.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
11.7 GB
LowB64
Q3_K_S
3
14.7 GB
LowB65
NVFP4
4

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run MPT-30B-Instruct on your machine.

Run

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \ --hf-repo "mosaicml/mpt-30b-instruct" \ --hf-file "mpt-30b-instruct-Q5_K_M.gguf" \ -c 4096 -ngl 99

Upgrade options

Hardware that runs MPT-30B-Instruct well

👁 NVIDIA
NVIDIA A16 64GBBudget pick
64 GB VRAM (+16)
B
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.22.1 tok/s decode

Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.

Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.

~$6,500 MSRP

👁 NVIDIA
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GBBest value
96 GB VRAM (+48)1792 GB/s (+448)
A
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.71.1 tok/s decode

Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.

Raises estimated decode speed by about 97%.

~$9,999 MSRP

👁 NVIDIA
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition 96GBNVIDIA upgrade
96 GB VRAM (+48)1597 GB/s (+253)
A
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.63.3 tok/s decode

Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.

Raises estimated decode speed by about 76%.

~$9,999 MSRP

Frequently asked questions

See all results for RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48GBSee all hardware for MPT-30B-Instruct
8K
16.8 GB
Medium
B66
Q4_K_M
4
18.3 GB
MediumB66
Q5_K_M
5
21.6 GB
HighB67
Q6_K
6
24.6 GB
HighB68
Q8_0Best for your GPU
8
32.1 GB
Very HighB68
F16
16
61.5 GB
MaximumF0

Remove offload with more accelerator memory. Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.