Tongyi DeepResearch TPS calculator

Open weights Alibaba 30.5B parameters October 2025

Each card below is assessed against this model at the context length and minimum quality you choose. Speed is an estimate for a single request, calculated from the card's memory bandwidth and the size of the model once compressed.

Calculated for this model

132 cards that can run it

818 cards we hold specifications for

Smallest card that fits

RTX A4500

20 GB · IQ4_XS · 21.8 tok/s

Fastest card

B200

111 tok/s · 180 GB

Which GPUs can run Tongyi DeepResearch?

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132 cards match

Calculating
Needs Quantisation Fit
111 tok/s

67–178 · low confidence

B200 NVIDIA 180 GB 8,000 GB/s Jan 2024 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
111 tok/s

67–178 · low confidence

B300 NVIDIA 288 GB 8,000 GB/s Sep 2025 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
88.7 tok/s

53–142 · low confidence

Radeon Instinct MI350X AMD 288 GB 8,190 GB/s Jan 2025 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
88.7 tok/s

53–142 · low confidence

Radeon Instinct MI355X AMD 288 GB 8,190 GB/s Jan 2025 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
70.9 tok/s

43–114 · low confidence

Radeon Instinct MI300 AMD 128 GB 6,550 GB/s Jan 2023 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
67.9 tok/s

41–109 · low confidence

H200 NVL NVIDIA 141 GB 4,890 GB/s Nov 2024 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
67.9 tok/s

41–109 · low confidence

H200 SXM 141 GB NVIDIA 141 GB 4,890 GB/s Nov 2024 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
65.0 tok/s

39–104 · low confidence

Radeon Instinct MI325X AMD 256 GB 6,000 GB/s Oct 2024 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
57.7 tok/s

35–92 · low confidence

Radeon Instinct MI300A AMD 128 GB 5,325 GB/s Dec 2023 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
57.7 tok/s

35–92 · low confidence

Radeon Instinct MI300X AMD 192 GB 5,325 GB/s Dec 2023 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
57.7 tok/s

35–92 · low confidence

Radeon Instinct MI308X AMD 192 GB 5,325 GB/s Dec 2023 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
54.7 tok/s

33–88 · low confidence

H100 NVL 94 GB NVIDIA 94 GB 3,940 GB/s Mar 2023 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
46.7 tok/s

28–75 · low confidence

H100 PCIe 96 GB NVIDIA 96 GB 3,360 GB/s Mar 2023 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
46.7 tok/s

28–75 · low confidence

H100 SXM5 80 GB NVIDIA 80 GB 3,360 GB/s Oct 2022 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
46.7 tok/s

28–75 · low confidence

H100 SXM5 94 GB NVIDIA 94 GB 3,360 GB/s Mar 2023 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
46.7 tok/s

28–75 · low confidence

H100 SXM5 96 GB NVIDIA 96 GB 3,360 GB/s Mar 2023 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
46.7 tok/s

28–75 · low confidence

H800 SXM5 NVIDIA 80 GB 3,360 GB/s Mar 2023 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
43.0 tok/s

26–69 · low confidence

GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 NVIDIA 24 GB 1,340 GB/s Aug 2025 19.2 GB Q4_K_M Tight
39.1 tok/s

23–63 · low confidence

A30X NVIDIA 24 GB 1,220 GB/s Apr 2021 19.2 GB Q4_K_M Tight
37.7 tok/s

23–60 · low confidence

DRIVE A100 PROD NVIDIA 32 GB 1,870 GB/s May 2020 26.3 GB Q6_K Tight
37.7 tok/s

23–60 · low confidence

GRID A100A NVIDIA 32 GB 1,870 GB/s May 2020 26.3 GB Q6_K Tight
36.1 tok/s

22–58 · low confidence

GeForce RTX 5090 NVIDIA 32 GB 1,790 GB/s Jan 2025 26.3 GB Q6_K Tight
36.1 tok/s

22–58 · low confidence

GeForce RTX 5090 D NVIDIA 32 GB 1,790 GB/s Jan 2025 26.3 GB Q6_K Tight
35.5 tok/s

21–57 · low confidence

Radeon Instinct MI250 AMD 128 GB 3,280 GB/s Nov 2021 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable
35.5 tok/s

21–57 · low confidence

Radeon Instinct MI250X AMD 128 GB 3,280 GB/s Nov 2021 33.4 GB Q8_0 Comfortable

Speeds are estimates for a single request — one conversation at a time — calculated from memory bandwidth, model size and quantisation. Real throughput varies with the inference runtime and its version. Figures published by hardware vendors measure many simultaneous requests and are much higher.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Alibaba
Organisation type
Industry
Country
China
Published
28 October 2025
Authors
Baixuan Li, Bo Zhang, Dingchu Zhang, Fei Huang, Guangyu Li, Guoxin Chen, Huifeng Yin, Jialong Wu, Jingren Zhou, Kuan Li, Liangcai Su, Litu Ou, Liwen Zhang, Pengjun Xie, Rui Ye, Wenbiao Yin, Xinmiao Yu, Xinyu Wang, Xixi Wu, Xuanzhong Chen, Yida Zhao, Zhen Zhang, Zhengwei Tao, Zhongwang Zhang, Zile Qiao, Chenxi Wang, Donglei Yu, Gang Fu, Haiyang Shen, Jiayin Yang, Jun Lin, Junkai Zhang, Kui Zeng, Li…

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling/generation, Question answering, Quantitative reasoning, Search, System control
Base model
Qwen3-30B-A3B

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
30.5B

30.5 billion total parameters, with only 3.3 billion activated per token

Training data
tokens

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Open — downloadable
Model access
Open weights (unrestricted)
Training code
Unreleased

Apache 2.0 https://huggingface.co/Alibaba-NLP/Tongyi-DeepResearch-30B-A3B https://github.com/Alibaba-NLP/DeepResearch

Hugging Face
Alibaba-NLP

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Why it is tracked
SOTA improvement

" achieves state-of-the-art performance across a range of agentic deep research benchmarks, including Humanity’s Last Exam, BrowseComp, BrowseComp-ZH, WebWalkerQA, xbench-DeepSearch, FRAMES and xbench-DeepSearch-2510"

Record confidence
Confident

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Tongyi DeepResearch Technical Report
Last updated
28 November 2025

The extremes

What the numbers mean

What it takes to run this model

Minimum card

RTX A4500

Memory needed

17.4 GB

Fastest

111 tok/s

With 30.5B parameters, Tongyi DeepResearch lands in the range a serious desktop card can handle once the weights are compressed. 132 of the cards we track can run it.

The smallest card that holds it is the RTX A4500 with 20 GB, running it at IQ4_XS and producing around 21.8 tokens per second.

At the other end, a B200 generates roughly 111 tokens per second on it, on the strength of 8,000 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

What this model is

Tongyi DeepResearch was published by Alibaba, in China, in October 2025. It comes out of industry.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing language modeling/generation, Question answering, Quantitative reasoning, Search, System control.

Its starting point was Qwen3-30B-A3B — most models at this scale are adapted from an existing base rather than built from nothing.

The weights being open is what puts this page in the calculator rather than only in the catalogue: it is a model you can actually hold. It is published under the Alibaba-NLP organisation on Hugging Face.

What decides the speed

Across every card that can run it, the middle of the range is about 21.6 tokens per second, and 104 of them clear the ten tokens per second that roughly matches reading speed.

Being dense, it reads all of itself per token, which is why the ordering by speed below follows the ordering by memory bandwidth so closely.

Its internal architecture is not on file, so memory is approximated from the parameter count and marked accordingly. Expect the real figure to differ, more so at long context.

How it was trained

Its inclusion criterion is sOTA improvement.

Step by step

How to choose a GPU for Tongyi DeepResearch

The table above has already assessed every card we hold specifications for against this model. Getting to your answer takes six steps.

  1. 01

    Start from the memory column

    The table lists every card that can hold Tongyi DeepResearch — around 17.4 GB at IQ4_XS. That figure, not the card's headline performance, is what decides whether it runs.

  2. 02

    Set the context length you will work at

    Set the context to what you will actually use. The cache grows with the conversation, and it is the usual reason Tongyi DeepResearch stops fitting a card that seemed fine.

  3. 03

    Decide how much compression you will accept

    Compression is what makes Tongyi DeepResearch fit smaller cards, at some cost in accuracy — IQ4_XS on the smallest card that fits. A minimum quality removes the ones that go too far.

  4. 04

    Compare tokens per second, not specifications

    Ranking by tokens per second for Tongyi DeepResearch follows memory bandwidth, not core counts, which is why the B200 tops it at 111 tok/s.

  5. 05

    Check the fit verdict before buying

    The fit column separates cards that just manage Tongyi DeepResearch from those with room to spare. Buy for the second if the context might grow.

  6. 06

    Check the card from the other side

    Following a card through to its own page shows every other model it can hold, which is the question that follows once Tongyi DeepResearch is settled.

Answers

Tongyi DeepResearch — common questions

01

What GPU do I need to run Tongyi DeepResearch?

The smallest card in our catalogue that holds Tongyi DeepResearch is the RTX A4500, with 20 GB of memory. It runs the model at IQ4_XS using about 17.4 GB, and produces roughly 21.8 tokens per second. 132 cards in total can run it.

02

How fast is Tongyi DeepResearch on a GPU?

It depends on the card. The quickest we calculate is a B200 at about 111 tokens per second; the slowest that still runs it manages considerably less. Reading speed is around ten tokens per second, and 104 of the cards that can run Tongyi DeepResearch clear that.

03

How much VRAM does Tongyi DeepResearch need?

About 17.4 GB at IQ4_XS compression, which is what the smallest card that runs it uses. Less compression needs more: the figures in the memory column above are recalculated for each card, because each one holds the least-compressed version it can.

04

Can I run Tongyi DeepResearch on a 24 GB GPU?

Yes. A GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 with 24 GB runs it at Q4_K_M, using about 19.2 GB and generating roughly 43.0 tokens per second — a tight fit.

05

Is Tongyi DeepResearch open source?

Its weights are published, so Tongyi DeepResearch can be downloaded and run on your own hardware. Note that open weights is not the same as open source in the full sense — it says nothing about the training data, the training code, or the commercial terms attached.

06

How many parameters does Tongyi DeepResearch have?

Tongyi DeepResearch has 30.5B parameters. 30.5 billion total parameters, with only 3.3 billion activated per token. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

07

Who created Tongyi DeepResearch?

Tongyi DeepResearch was published by Alibaba, based in China, categorised as industry.

08

When was Tongyi DeepResearch released?

Tongyi DeepResearch was published in October 2025.

09

What is Tongyi DeepResearch used for?

Tongyi DeepResearch works in Language, and is recorded as handling language modeling/generation, Question answering, Quantitative reasoning, Search, System control. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

10

Where can I download Tongyi DeepResearch?

Its weights are published under the Alibaba-NLP organisation on Hugging Face. We do not host model files — this site calculates what hardware is needed to run them.

11

Can I run Tongyi DeepResearch if it does not fit in my GPU?

Partly. Layers that do not fit sit in system memory and run at a fraction of the speed, so a mostly-offloaded Tongyi DeepResearch is rarely worth using — the nearest miss we calculate is short by 4.8 GB. Every figure here assumes the whole model is on the card.

12

Would two GPUs run Tongyi DeepResearch faster?

Two cards buy memory rather than speed. That matters for Tongyi DeepResearch only if one card cannot hold it — 132 can, so a second adds little.

13

Why does the quantisation differ between cards for Tongyi DeepResearch?

Because capacity varies, so does how hard Tongyi DeepResearch has to be squeezed — 5 distinct levels appear in the table above. Set a minimum quality to compare at one.

14

How accurate are these Tongyi DeepResearch speed estimates?

They are calculated from specifications rather than measured, and each carries a range — 67–178 tok/s on the B200, for instance. The same model and card vary by thirty to fifty per cent depending on the inference software and its version.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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