Estimates from memory-bandwidth formula; rows marked "measured" override. Methodology.
Fit & speed by quant and context
Quant
Context
VRAM needed
Fits?
tok/s (decode)
Q4
4K
268.61 GB
Yes
9.1±est.
Q4
8K default
272.11 GB
Yes
9.1±est.
Q4
32K
293.11 GB
Yes
9.1±est.
FP16
4K
964.9 GB
No
1.8±est.
FP16
8K default
968.4 GB
No
1.8±est.
FP16
32K
989.4 GB
No
1.7±est.
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
DGX Spark (GH200 480GB) VRAM
Q4
264.11 GB
7.0 GB
1 GB
272.11 GB
480 GB
FP16
960.4 GB
7.0 GB
1 GB
968.4 GB
480 GB
Other GPUs that run Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct
No catalog GPU fully fits Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct at Q4/8K — see the model page for offload estimates. model page