RTX 5090 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of lmstudio-community/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-MLX-6bit. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
RTX 5090 can run lmstudio-community/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-MLX-6bit with Q4 quantization. At approximately 152 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 17GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 15GB | 32GB | 151.73 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 31GB | 32GB | 126.74 tok/s | ⚠️ Tight fit |
| FP16 | 61GB | 32GB | 58.59 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |