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Can the NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB run Qwen2.5-3B?

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

Qwen2.5-3B on the NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 1006k 395.7-471.6 t/s ~4.7-5.6 (slow)
Q8 yes 1053k 791.4-943.2 t/s ~9.4-11.3 (slow)
Q4 yes 1074k 1413.3-1684.3 t/s ~16.9-20.1 (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 H100 SXM5 80GB run Qwen2.5-3B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~1413.3-1684.3 tok/s and fits up to 1074k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~16.9-20.1 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 1074k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.