NVIDIA L40 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA L40 can run Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B with Q4 quantization. At approximately 169 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 45GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 3GB | 48GB | 169.00 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 5GB | 48GB | 121.00 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 11GB | 48GB | 61.21 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |