Can A100 80GB SXM4 run Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct?

NVIDIA · 80 GB HBM2e · 2039 GB/s bandwidth · Meta · 8.0B · model ctx up to 128K

Yes — the A100 80GB SXM4 (80 GB HBM2e) can run Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct. At Q4 with the default 8K context it needs ≈ 7.0 GB VRAM (weights 4.4 GB + KV cache 1.6 GB + 1 GB runtime overhead), which fits within 80 GB. Decode at Q4/8K: ≈ 162.2 tok/s (estimated, batch 1). FP16 (≈ 18.6 GB) also fits, at ≈ 180.0 tok/s (measured). Estimates come from memory-bandwidth math; rows tagged measured override estimates. Relative ranking is more reliable than absolute tok/s. Methodology.

Fit & speed by quant and context

Quant	Context	VRAM needed	Fits?	tok/s (decode)
Q4	4K	6.2 GB	Yes	162.2 est.
Q4	8K default	7.0 GB	Yes	162.2 est.
Q4	32K	11.8 GB	Yes	162.2 est.
FP16	4K	17.8 GB	Yes	180.0 measured
FP16	8K default	18.6 GB	Yes	180.0 measured
FP16	32K	23.4 GB	Yes	180.0 measured

Fits = weights + KV(ctx) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM. Measured anchors are context-agnostic; the fit verdict is recomputed per context. A missing tok/s means the model is far beyond this card (offload-only territory).

VRAM breakdown at 8K context

Quant	Weights	KV cache	Overhead	Total needed	A100 80GB SXM4 VRAM
Q4	4.4 GB	1.6 GB	1 GB	7.0 GB	80 GB
FP16	16.0 GB	1.6 GB	1 GB	18.6 GB	80 GB

Other GPUs that run Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

• B200 192GB SXM — ≈636.4 tok/s Q4 est.
• MI300X 192GB — ≈421.6 tok/s Q4 est.
• H200 141GB SXM5 — ≈381.8 tok/s Q4 est.
• H100 80GB SXM5 — ≈266.5 tok/s Q4 est.
• Gaudi 3 128GB — ≈260.6 tok/s Q4 est.
• RTX 5090 32GB — ≈214.3 tok/s Q4 measured
• RTX 6000 Ada 48GB — ≈138.6 tok/s Q4 measured
• RTX 5080 16GB — ≈136.2 tok/s Q4 measured

All GPUs for Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct →

Other models for the A100 80GB SXM4

• Qwen3-0.6B — ≈1621.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• gemma-3-1b-it — ≈1297.5 tok/s Q4 est.
• Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct — ≈1081.3 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-1.7B — ≈648.8 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-30B-A3B — ≈432.5 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct — ≈432.5 tok/s Q4 est.
• GLM-4.7-Flash — ≈432.5 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 — ≈432.5 tok/s Q4 est.

All models on the A100 80GB SXM4 →