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NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 locally

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 is an open-weight LLM from the Nemotron family with 550B parameters. Main use: chat, RAG and general assistance. Detected minimum hardware: Mac Studio M3 Ultra (512GB) (512 GB).

Technical facts
Parameters550B
Q4_K_M345.8 GB
Q5_K_M422.6 GB
Q8614.7 GB
FP161229.3 GB
FamilyNemotron
Last sync2026-08-01

Available quantizations

Q4_K_M
345.8GB

Acceptable. Good compromise when VRAM is limited.

Q5_K_M
422.6GB

Good quality. Sweet spot for size and precision.

Q8
614.7GB

Near-FP16 quality. Comfortable for production.

FP16
1229.3GB

Reference precision. Maximum quality, doubled VRAM.

Compatible GPUs

GPUs that can run NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 on a single card, ranked by VRAM headroom.

Similar models

VRAM estimates: parameters x bits/8 plus margin. Real performance varies by engine, context length and batch size.
sync: 2026-08-01