Can RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-BF16?
NVIDIA · 16 GB GDDR7 · 448 GB/s bandwidth ·
NVIDIA · 4.0B · model ctx up to 256K
Yes — the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (16 GB GDDR7) can run NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-BF16. At Q4 with the default 8K context it needs ≈ 4.0 GB VRAM (weights 2.2 GB + KV cache 0.8 GB + 1 GB runtime overhead), which fits within 16 GB. Decode at Q4/8K: ≈ 71.3 tok/s (estimated, batch 1). FP16 (≈ 9.8 GB) also fits, at ≈ 19.6 tok/s (estimated). Estimates come from memory-bandwidth math; rows tagged measured override estimates. Relative ranking is more reliable than absolute tok/s. Methodology.
Fit & speed by quant and context
Quant
Context
VRAM needed
Fits?
tok/s (decode)
Q4
4K
3.6 GB
Yes
71.3est.
Q4
8K default
4.0 GB
Yes
71.3est.
Q4
32K
6.4 GB
Yes
71.3est.
FP16
4K
9.4 GB
Yes
19.6est.
FP16
8K default
9.8 GB
Yes
19.6est.
FP16
32K
12.2 GB
Yes
19.6est.
Fits = weights + KV(ctx) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM. Measured
anchors are context-agnostic; the fit verdict is recomputed per context. A missing tok/s
means the model is far beyond this card (offload-only territory).
VRAM breakdown at 8K context
Quant
Weights
KV cache
Overhead
Total needed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM
Q4
2.2 GB
0.8 GB
1 GB
4.0 GB
16 GB
FP16
8.0 GB
0.8 GB
1 GB
9.8 GB
16 GB
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