// RUN โ€” FITS

Can the Huawei Ascend 950DT run dots.llm1?

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

dots.llm1 on the Huawei Ascend 950DT

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q4 yes 157k 32.7-39.7 t/s ~0.3-0.4 (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 dots.llm1?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~32.7-39.7 tok/s and fits up to 157k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~0.3-0.4 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 157k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.