NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe~206 tok/s (Q4)

meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B speed on NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B running on NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

Modelmeta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B

GPUNVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe

Q4 speed206 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required4GB

Data Source

Calculation and benchmark status

Speed values come from the compatibility dataset (`estimatedTokensPerSec`) and are sorted by quantization.

For full verdict logic and alternate GPUs, see the canonical compatibility page.

Quantization Speed Table

Quantization	VRAM needed	VRAM available	Speed	Verdict
Q4	4GB	40GB	206 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	9GB	40GB	169 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	17GB	40GB	78 tok/s	✅ Fits