Can Desktop PC · Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB · 32 GB RAM run Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B?
24 GB VRAM + 32 GB RAM · 456 GB/s memory bandwidth · Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B has 74B parameters (9B active per token).
Short answer
It loads, but it's borderline even for chat.
Best quantization for chat: 4-bit (39 GB of weights) on LM Studio. Generation: 9–15 tok/s, leaving about 0.0 GB free for your other apps.
How it rates for each workload
Same model and machine, different jobs. Agents and long documents send far bigger prompts than chat, so they need much more speed and memory.
| Workload | Verdict | Quant | Generation | First reply | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatwith Open WebUI | Borderline | 4-bit | 9–15 tok/s | ≈5 s | 8K | Details |
| Coding questionswith Continue | Borderline | 4-bit | 9–15 tok/s | ≈30 s | 16K | Details |
| Coding in a repositorywith Aider | Borderline | 4-bit | 9–14 tok/s | ≈90 s | 32K | Details |
| Agentic codingwith OpenCode | Borderline | 4-bit | 8–14 tok/s | ≈2 min | 32K | Details |
| Long documents (64K)with Open WebUI | Borderline | 4-bit | 8–13 tok/s | ≈6 min | 64K | Details |
Speeds are bandwidth-based estimates; no direct benchmark exists for this pair. “First reply” is the time to read the workload’s opening prompt. How we calculate
Other models for Desktop PC · Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB · 32 GB RAM
The best-rated models for chat on this machine.
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B70–120 tok/sExcellent
- Gemma 4 26B-A4B45–80 tok/sExcellent
- LFM2.5 24B-A2B100–170 tok/sExcellent
- gpt-oss-20b60–100 tok/sExcellent
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B70–120 tok/sExcellent
- GLM-4.7-Flash (30B-A3B)70–120 tok/sExcellent
Cheapest machines for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B
Hardware rated comfortable or better for chat, lowest price first.
- Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC / Framework Desktop · 64 GB$1,600 · 30–40 tok/sExcellent
- Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC / Framework Desktop · 128 GB$2,000 · 30–40 tok/sExcellent
- Mac mini M4 Pro 64 GB$2,199 · 25–35 tok/sExcellent
- Mac Studio M1 Max 64 GB$2,399 · 35–45 tok/sExcellent
- Mac mini M5 Pro 64 GB$2,499 · 20–35 tok/sExcellent
- Mac Studio M2 Max 64 GB$2,599 · 35–45 tok/sExcellent
Same chip, other memory: 64 GB
Different tool, context size or workload?
These pages use typical settings. The full check models your exact setup.