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โ‡ฑ Nemotron 3 Nano 30B VRAM Requirements โ€” GPU Compatibility


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NVIDIA

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

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Jun 2025Released131K tokensContextNVIDIA Open ModelLicense93 ExceptionalQuality

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B (30B parameters) requires approximately 22.5 GB of VRAM with Q4_K_M quantization. For the best balance of quality and speed, we recommend hardware with at least 26 GB of VRAM.

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Copy-paste commands to run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B on your machine.

Run

ollama run nemotron-nano:30b

Quick specs

Parameters30B
Architecturedense
Context131K tokens
Modalitytext
Min RAM11.7 GB
Rec. RAM18.3 GB (Q4_K_M)
LicenseNVIDIA Open Model
FamilyNemotron
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About this model

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B is NVIDIA's mid-size reasoning model delivering strong performance across coding, math, and agentic tasks. Fits on a 24 GB GPU at Q4_K_M.

  • โ€ขStrong reasoning โ€” competitive with 70B-class models on key benchmarks
  • โ€ขFits on RTX 4090 / RTX 5090 at Q4_K_M
  • โ€ขAgentic and tool-use capabilities

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Best budgetS
Mac mini M4 64GB~$1,099 โ€” 10 tok/s
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Best overallS
RTX 5090 32GB~$1,999 โ€” 71 tok/s

Best hardware

Top picks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

RTX 5090 32GBS
32 GB
NVIDIA A100 40GBS
40 GB
AMD Instinct MI100 32GBS
32 GB
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GBS
32 GB
MacBook Pro M4 Max 48GBS
48 GB

Run this model

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B on RTX 5090 32GBNemotron 3 Nano 30B on NVIDIA A100 40GBNemotron 3 Nano 30B on AMD Instinct MI100 32GB

Quantization options

VRAM estimates by quant level

No hardware detected โ€” fit column shows raw VRAM estimates

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
11.7 GB
Lowโ€”
Q3_K_S
3
14.7 GB
Lowโ€”
NVFP4
4
16.8 GB
Mediumโ€”
Q4_K_M
4
18.3 GB
Mediumโ€”
Q5_K_M
5
21.6 GB
Highโ€”
Q6_K
6
24.6 GB
Highโ€”
Q8_0
8
32.1 GB
Very Highโ€”
F16
16
61.5 GB
Maximumโ€”

Quality benchmarks

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B benchmark scores

Benchmark verified

Reasoning

MMLU-Pro78.3%
GPQA Diamond73.0%
MATH-500โ€”
ARC Challengeโ€”

Source: official ยท 2025-12-25

Hardware compatibility

Fit estimates across all hardware

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Computing compatibility...

Memory breakdown

Reference: RTX 2060 6GB

Weights18.3 GB
KV Cache2.4 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom0.6 GB

Frequently asked questions

FAQ โ€” Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

See also

VRAM Deep Dive GuideQuantization GuideScoring MethodologyVRAM Calculator