Model benchmarks

nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b local LLM performance

As of November 2026, nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b runs at up to 85.7 tok/s for local inference (best of 2 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

7.5B

Peak speed

85.7 tok/s

Average speed

76.3 tok/s

Avg PP

1669.7 tok/s

Min memory

14.4 GB

Max context

65,536 tokens

Avg output / run

7,231 tokens

Avg runtime / run

1m 41s

Avg quality

65.1

Benchmark runs

2

GPUs tested

1

Quality by task

Average LLM-judged quality (0–100) with the run-to-run spread shown as a P5–P95 band, overall and for each benchmark task, across all 2 runs. The low and high columns show how much the judge’s score varies between runs, and need at least two runs to display.

TaskP5 (low)AvgP95 (high)
Overall64.465.165.8
Agent Workflow64.570.275.9
Code Generation53.459.565.5
Role Play & Narrative65.767.870.0
Research & Analysis58.362.967.4

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated November 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation Laptop GPUOllamaQ4_K_M85.7 tok/s76.3 tok/s14.4 GB65,536 tokens65.12

Benchmark runs

All 2 nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b good for coding?
In our benchmarks, nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b scores 59.5/100 for coding. It runs at about 76.3 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B.APEX-I-NanoPlus is faster (~110.5 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (81.1/100).
Is nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b scores 70.2/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 76.3 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Nex-N2.5-mini-APEX-Mini is faster (~88.2 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (91.3/100).
How fast is nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b for local inference?
Across 2 community benchmark runs, nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b reaches up to 85.7 tok/s and averages 76.3 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU.
How much memory does nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 14.4 GB of memory (quantizations tested: Q4_K_M).
Which tools have been used to run nemotron-3.5-bolt:e4b?
Benchmarks were submitted using Ollama. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.