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unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF local LLM performance

As of September 2026, unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF runs at up to 95.0 tok/s for local inference (best of 3 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

4B

Peak speed

95.0 tok/s

Average speed

92.8 tok/s

Avg PP

917.4 tok/s

Min memory

2.0 GB

Max context

524.288 tokens

Avg output / run

8.718 tokens

Avg runtime / run

1m 39s

Avg quality

44.1

Benchmark runs

3

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 3 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)
Overall39.744.150.3
Agent Workflow44.061.172.5
Code Generation6.811.818.4
Role Play & Narrative46.151.559.3
Research & Analysis42.852.061.0

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated September 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070llama.cpp95.0 tok/s92.8 tok/s2.0 GB524.288 tokens44.13

Benchmark runs

All 3 unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF good for coding?
In our benchmarks, unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF scores 11.8/100 for coding. It runs at about 92.8 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-Q4_K_XL is faster (~156.9 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (82.2/100).
Is unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF scores 61.1/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 92.8 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Tiel-Coder-35B-A3B-Q4_K_S is faster (~165.0 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (89.3/100).
How fast is unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF for local inference?
Across 3 community benchmark runs, unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF reaches up to 95.0 tok/s and averages 92.8 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
How much memory does unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 2.0 GB of memory.
Which tools have been used to run unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF?
Benchmarks were submitted using llama.cpp. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.