Can NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada run Llama 3.1 70B?

70B parameter LLM model on 24GB GDDR6 ECC

No — not enough VRAM
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VRAM Requirements

Llama 3.1 70B is a 70B parameter model. At full precision (FP16), it requires 140GB of VRAM. Your NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada only has 24GB — not enough even at maximum compression.

FP16 (Full Precision)140GB (need 116GB more)

Maximum quality, no quantization

Q8 (8-bit)70GB (need 46GB more)

Near-lossless, ~50% size reduction

Q4 (4-bit)40GB (need 16GB more)

Good quality, ~75% size reduction

Your GPU VRAM: 24GB GDDR6 ECC at 432 GB/s bandwidth
Recommended system RAM: 48GB DDR5 (2x GPU VRAM minimum for model overflow)

NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Specs

VRAM24GB GDDR6 ECC
Memory Bandwidth432 GB/s
TDP210W
CUDA Cores7,680
Street Price~$2100
AI Rating8/10

About Llama 3.1 70B

Frontier-class open LLM. Q4 fits on dual 24GB GPUs or a single 48GB card.

Category: LLM · Parameters: 70B · CUDA required: No (runs via llama.cpp/GGUF)