NVIDIA L40S~169 tok/s (Q4)

meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B speed on NVIDIA L40S

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B running on NVIDIA L40S.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

Modelmeta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B

GPUNVIDIA L40S

Q4 speed169 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	48GB	169 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	9GB	48GB	122 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	17GB	48GB	67 tok/s	✅ Fits