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Can the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB run LLaMA-65B?

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

LLaMA-65B on the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 21k 22.8-27.2 t/s ~0.4-0.5 (slow)
Q4 yes 109k 40.8-48.6 t/s ~0.8-1 (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 LLaMA-65B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~40.8-48.6 tok/s and fits up to 109k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~0.8-1 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 109k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.