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Can the Huawei Ascend 950DT run gpt-oss-120b?

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

gpt-oss-120b on the Huawei Ascend 950DT

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 43k 22.3-27 t/s ~0.2-0.3 (slow)
Q4 yes 200k 39.7-48.3 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 gpt-oss-120b?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~39.7-48.3 tok/s and fits up to 200k 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 200k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.