QwQ 32B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 · 32GB VRAM

✅ Runs (tight) — QwQ 32B @ Q5_K_M
QwQ 32B 32B at Q5_K_M needs ~24.7 GB (weights 21.7 GB + KV 2.0 GB + overhead 1.1 GB @ 8K ctx) of your 28.8 GB usable VRAM — fits, but little headroom — close other apps or trim context. Expect ~30–50 tok/s (fast).
context @ Q5_K_M: runs to its full 40K
quantneedsspeed
~ Q8_036.1 GB~6–11 tok/s (usable)
✓ Q5_K_M24.7 GB~30–50 tok/s (fast)
✓ Q4_K_M21.4 GB~35–60 tok/s (fast)
$runlocal install qwq:32b
⚠ NVIDIA support is best-effort in v0.1 — verify before relying on it.
runlocal verdict card
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QwQ 32B: Runs (tight)
for your own README — links back here

Same model, other machines: Apple M1 · Apple M1 Pro · Apple M2 · Apple M3 Pro · Apple M2 Pro · Apple M4 Pro

Also runs on a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090: DeepSeek-R1 (distill) · Qwen2.5 · Qwen3 · Llama 3.1 · Gemma 3

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…and 7 more — see the QwQ 32B page.

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