Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 runs Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct excellently at 45 tok/s at Q5_K_M. This is a strong pairing.
Model Size
32.5B
Device VRAM
32 GB
Bandwidth
1792 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5_K_M | 45 tok/s | 200ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
Q5_K_M
Q5 at ~22GB. 5090 bandwidth delivers excellent coding speed.
About Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (32.5B) is a coding, ai coding, ai building model. The coding model that defines the builder workflow. Matches GPT-4 on HumanEval. This is what Cursor and Continue.dev users run locally when they want to eliminate API dependency. Apache 2.0 license. The cornerstone of the 'Full AI Builder' profile.
View all Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct hardware options →About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has 32 GB at 1792 GB/s. Street price: $2,199.
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Source: Community benchmarks and estimated performance (2026-03-01)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01