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Can the NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB run Pythia-6.9b?

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

Pythia-6.9b on the NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 445k 177.2-211.2 t/s ~2.1-2.5 (slow)
Q8 yes 497k 354.4-422.4 t/s ~4.2-5 (slow)
Q4 yes 521k 632.9-754.3 t/s ~7.6-9 (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 H100 SXM5 80GB run Pythia-6.9b?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~632.9-754.3 tok/s and fits up to 521k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~7.6-9 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 521k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.