NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe can run meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 288 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 38GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 2GB | 40GB | 288.47 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 3GB | 40GB | 203.14 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 6GB | 40GB | 97.46 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |