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Can the Huawei Ascend 950DT run Cohere Command A Reasoning?

Yes โ€” here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

Cohere Command A Reasoning on the Huawei Ascend 950DT

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 61k 23.4-28.5 t/s ~0.2-0.3 (slow)
Q4 yes 210k 41.8-50.8 t/s ~0.4-0.5 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

FAQ

Can the Huawei Ascend 950DT run Cohere Command A Reasoning?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~41.8-50.8 tok/s and fits up to 210k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~0.4-0.5 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 210k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.