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Can the Huawei Ascend 950DT run InternVL2_5-78B?

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

InternVL2_5-78B on the Huawei Ascend 950DT

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 160k 33.2-40.3 t/s ~0.3-0.4 (slow)
Q4 yes 266k 59.2-72 t/s ~0.6-0.7 (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 InternVL2_5-78B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~59.2-72 tok/s and fits up to 266k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~0.6-0.7 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 266k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.