NVIDIA L40S meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA L40S can run moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 171 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 44GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 4GB | 48GB | 171.31 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 8GB | 48GB | 117.11 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 16GB | 48GB | 67.16 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |