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Best AI Models for NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition (32 GB)

Runs 27–31B and 35B MoE models well; 70B doesn't fit in 32 GB.

32 GB GDDR7800 GB/s203 TFLOPS FP16165 WBlackwell 2026

Passive single-slot server card — needs chassis airflow. Same 32 GB and 10,496 cores as the Workstation Edition but 800 GB/s at 165 W rather than 896 GB/s at 200 W.

What LLMs can the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition run?

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 29.9 t/s	29.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB
2	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 29.9 t/s	29.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB
3	Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB · 25.5 t/s	25.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB
4	Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB · 144 t/s	144 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB
5	NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B BF16NVIDIA Q4_K_M · 19.3 GB · 177 t/s	177 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 19.3 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 29.9 t/s	29.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB
2	Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB · 25.5 t/s	25.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB
3	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 22.0 GB · 129 t/s	129 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 22.0 GB
4	Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB · 144 t/s	144 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB
5	NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B BF16NVIDIA Q4_K_M · 19.3 GB · 177 t/s	177 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 19.3 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 29.9 t/s	29.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB
2	Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB · 25.5 t/s	25.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB
3	Qwen3.5 27BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 29.9 t/s	29.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB
4	Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB · 144 t/s	144 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB
5	NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B BF16NVIDIA Q4_K_M · 19.3 GB · 177 t/s	177 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 19.3 GB

#	Model	Speed	Math Score	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 29.9 t/s	29.9 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB
2	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 29.9 t/s	29.9 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB
3	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 22.0 GB · 129 t/s	129 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 22.0 GB
4	Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB · 25.5 t/s	25.5 tok/s	overall	Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB
5	NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B BF16NVIDIA Q4_K_M · 19.3 GB · 177 t/s	177 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 19.3 GB

#	Model	Speed ↓	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 160 t/s	160 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B BF16NVIDIA Q4_K_M · 19.3 GB · 177 t/s	177 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 19.3 GB
3	GPT OSS 20BOpenAI Q4_K_M · 13.1 GB · 159 t/s	159 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 13.1 GB
4	Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Alibaba Q4_K_M · 19.4 GB · 152 t/s	152 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 19.4 GB
5	Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB · 144 t/s	144 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 29.9 t/s	29.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB
2	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 29.9 t/s	29.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB
3	Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB · 25.5 t/s	25.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB
4	Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB · 144 t/s	144 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 16.5 GB
5	MiniCPM V 4.7 35B A3BOpenBMB Q4_K_M · 22.1 GB · 145 t/s	145 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 22.1 GB

See all 346 models on the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition →Best quant that fits · speeds estimated on this card

About the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition

The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition runs 27–31B and 35B MoE models well. Blackwell generation, released 2026.

GenerationBlackwellreleased 2026

RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Runs 35B MoE models: Qwen3.6 35B A3B at 129 tok/s in 22 GB
Room for long context: Qwen3.8 27B at Q4 uses 17.9 GB, leaving 14.1 GB free
Reads long prompts fast: A 4K-token prompt on Qwen3.8 27B starts answering in 2.5 s
FP8 and NVFP4 run natively: Blackwell takes FP8 and NVFP4 checkpoints in vLLM as published

Weaknesses

70B models don't fit: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct needs 51.3 GB at Q4 vs 32 GB here

RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition tokens per second by model size

Output speed depends on memory bandwidth (800 GB/s). Grey rows need more than 32 GB.

9BQwen3.5 9B · Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
81.8tok/s
14BQwen3 14B · Q4_K_M · 11.9 GB
54.7tok/s
27–31BQwen3.8 27B · Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB
29.9tok/s
35B MoEQwen3.6 35B A3B · Q4_K_M · 22.0 GB
129tok/s
70BLlama 3.3 70B Instruct · not at 4-bit
needs 51.3 GB
120B MoEGPT OSS 120B · not at 4-bit
needs 70.8 GB

Estimated speeds: Q4_K_M, 4K context, one user. How we estimate

All 1176 models on the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition

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Best quant that fits, ordered by llmrun Score. Fit grades how well it runs here, S best. How ranking works

LLM models compatible with NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition — ranked by Score, recency and Fit
Model	Quant	VRAM	Speed	Context	Fit
Llava V1.6 Mistral 7B HF7.6BVision FP16·31.2 t/s	FP16	19.2 GB60%	31.2 t/s	33K	A71, Runs well
OpenELM 1 1B Instruct1.1BChat Q4_K_M·732.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	2.2 GB7%	732.4 t/s	—	S100, Runs great
Salamandra 2B Instruct2.3BChat Q4_K_M·253.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.3 GB10%	253.7 t/s	8K	S100, Runs great
PLLuM 12B Chat12.2BChat Q4_K_M·64.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	11.0 GB34%	64.4 t/s	131K	A84, Runs well
Vikhr Nemo 12B Instruct R 21 09 2412.2BChat Q4_K_M·64.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	11.0 GB34%	64.4 t/s	1024K	A84, Runs well
Nemotron Labs Diffusion 3B3.8BChatFunctions Q4_K_M·188.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.9 GB12%	188.4 t/s	262K	S99, Runs great
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Uncensored7.6BChat Q4_K_M·104.2 t/s	Q4_K_M	5.8 GB18%	104.2 t/s	33K	S92, Runs great
Typhoon Ocr 3B3.8BVision Q4_K_M·197.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.2 GB10%	197.7 t/s	128K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3 1.7B2.0BChatFunctions Q4_K_M·297.1 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.4 GB11%	297.1 t/s	41K	S100, Runs great
Qwen2.5 Omni 3B MNN3BChat BF16·78.8 t/s	BF16	8.6 GB27%	78.8 t/s	—	S87, Runs great
Falcon 11B11.1BChat Q4_K_M·70.9 t/s	Q4_K_M	8.5 GB27%	70.9 t/s	8K	S86, Runs great
Mellum2 12B A2.5B Instruct12.1BChatFunctions Q4_K_M·222.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	7.8 GB24%	222.4 t/s	131K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3.5 0.8B Base873MVision Q4_K_M·597.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.9 GB3%	597.7 t/s	262K	S100, Runs great
Pollux Judge 32B32.8BChat Q4_K_M·25.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	24.3 GB76%	25.4 t/s	33K	A66, Runs well
DeepSeek v2 Lite Chat15.7BChat Q4_K_M·208.3 t/s	Q4_K_M	10.2 GB32%	208.3 t/s	164K	S100, Runs great

RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition specs, power and PSU

Specs

Architecture: Blackwell
VRAM: 32 GB GDDR7
Memory bandwidth: 800.0 GB/s
FP16 (dense): 203.00 TFLOPS
CUDA cores: 10,496
Tensor cores: 328
Compute capability: 12.0
TDP: 165 W
Released: 2026-03-01

RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition FAQ

What is the largest model the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition can run?

Qwen3.6 35B A3B (36.0B) is the largest at 4-bit or better: at Q4_K_M it uses 22.0 GB of 32 GB, and runs at about 129 tok/s.

Can the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition run Qwen3.8 27B?

Yes. Qwen3.8 27B fits at Q4_K_M, using 17.9 GB of 32 GB, and it is the best model that runs well on this card.

Can the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition run 70B models?

No. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct needs 51.3 GB at Q4, more than the 32 GB on this card.

How many tokens per second does the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition give?

About 29.9 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B at Q4_K_M, with the first token after 2.5 s on a 4K-token prompt.

What power supply does the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition need?

Plan a 350 W PSU (2× the 165 W TDP).

Is 32 GB enough for coding and agents?

Yes for coding: Qwen3.8 27B, the best of the 10 coding models that fit, runs at about 30 tok/s. For agents, not yet: no agent-scored model fits in less than 96 GB.

Best coding LLMs 24 GB VRAM 48 GB VRAM GPUs with 32 GB or more RTX 5090