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Can the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 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 SXM4 80GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 1088k 1831.8-2183.1 t/s ~35.9-42.8 (slow)
Q8 yes 1094k 3663.6-4366.2 t/s ~71.9-85.7 (slow)
Q4 yes 1097k 6542.1-7796.7 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 SXM4 80GB run BART-large?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~6542.1-7796.7 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.