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Can the NVIDIA L40S 48GB run Falcon-H1?

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

Falcon-H1 on the NVIDIA L40S 48GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 33k 18.6-22.1 t/s ~0.9-1 (slow)
Q4 yes 90k 33.1-39.5 t/s ~1.5-1.8 (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 L40S 48GB run Falcon-H1?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~33.1-39.5 tok/s and fits up to 90k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~1.5-1.8 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 90k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.