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Can the RTX 5090 (32GB) run qwen3 235B-A22B MoE?

NO

No. 32GB of memory can't hold the 178GB working set this model needs. A smaller quant or a bigger machine is required.

~74–110 tok/s (active-expert estimate)

weights 142GB + KV cache 0.73GB at 4k context vs ~32GB usable → no. 142.7 GB vs 32 GB usable — does not fit

computed roofline: 1792 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 13.3GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

MoE: file is 142GB (that decides fit) but only ~22B of experts activate per token (~13.3GB streamed) — band below is the active-expert estimate, optimistic; community MoE rows run several× the naive bandwidth math

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Specs

model file142GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory178GB working set
this machine32GB GDDR7
params235B-A22B MoE
licenseapache-2.0
price$5000

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull qwen3:235b-a22b

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 (GB300) — cheapest machine that runs it ($60000)

every model the RTX 5090 (32GB) can run — full list

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) — upgrade path machine

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