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Can Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B run on NVIDIA A16 64GB?

YES — Runs Great

A76Great
Estimated from fit model

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B needs ~31.0 GB VRAM. NVIDIA A16 64GB has 64.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~24 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: MediumStack: BasicBottleneck: Balanced
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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

Q4_K_M (Medium quality) — 31.0 GB, 25.9 tok/s, Runs well
31.0 GB required64.0 GB available
48% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

25.9 tok/s

TTFT

7477 ms

Safe context

131K

Memory

31.0 GB / 64.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights19.5 GB
KV Cache3.9 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom6.4 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsQwen 2.5 Coder 32B on NVIDIA A16 64GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>Write a Python function to sort a list
Here's a Python function that sorts a list using quicksort: def quicksort(arr): if len(arr) <= 1: return arr pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2] left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot] middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot] right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot] return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right) # Example usage numbers = [3, 6, 8, 10, 1, 2, 1] print(quicksort(numbers)) # [1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10] The algorithm picks a pivot, partitions the list into smaller, equal, and larger elements, then recursively sorts each partition and concatenates the results.
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>Now add type hints and a docstring
def quicksort(arr: list[int]) -> list[int]: """Sort a list using the quicksort algorithm. Args: arr: List of integers to sort. Returns: A new sorted list. """ if len(arr) <= 1: return arr pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2] left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot] middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot] right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot] return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right) Added type hints for the input and return type, plus a Google-style docstring.
Estimated: 25.9 tok/s decode · 7.5s TTFT (warm) · 65 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

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatARuns well25.9 tok/s4078 ms131K
CodingARuns well24.0 tok/s8075 ms131K
Agentic CodingARuns well25.9 tok/s10875 ms131K
ReasoningARuns well25.9 tok/s8836 ms131K
RAGARuns well25.9 tok/s13594 ms131K

Quantization options

How Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (32B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA A16 64GB (64.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
12.5 GB
LowB70
Q3_K_S
3
15.7 GB
LowA70
NVFP4
4

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B on your machine.

Run

ollama run qwen2.5-coder

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