NVIDIA L40 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA L40 can run openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b with Q4 quantization. At approximately 95 tokens/second, you can expect Good speed - acceptable for interactive use.
You have 37GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 11GB | 48GB | 94.60 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 22GB | 48GB | 62.53 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 44GB | 48GB | 35.75 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |