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Can the NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB run BART-large?

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

BART-large on the NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 1088k 1738.3-2071.7 t/s ~35.9-42.8 (slow)
Q8 yes 1094k 3476.7-4143.5 t/s ~71.9-85.7 (slow)
Q4 yes 1097k 6208.4-7399 t/s ~128.3-153 (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 NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB run BART-large?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~6208.4-7399 tok/s and fits up to 1097k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~128.3-153 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 1097k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.