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Can the NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB run gpt-oss-20b?

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

gpt-oss-20b on the NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 116k 33.8-40.3 t/s ~0.7-0.8 (slow)
Q8 yes 195k 67.6-80.5 t/s ~1.4-1.7 (slow)
Q4 yes 230k 120.6-143.8 t/s ~2.5-3 (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 gpt-oss-20b?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~120.6-143.8 tok/s and fits up to 230k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~2.5-3 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 230k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.