Qwen Qwen3 235B A22b speed on NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe and quantization-level VRAM fit.
NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe does not meet the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen Qwen3 235B A22b. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe lacks sufficient VRAM for comfortable Qwen Qwen3 235B A22b operation with Q4 quantization.
Your 40GB GPU is 78GB short of the 118GB minimum.
Options: (1) Try Q2 or Q3 quantization for lower VRAM requirements, (2) Consider cloud GPU rental, (3) Upgrade to a GPU with at least 16GB VRAM.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 118GB | 40GB | 27.27 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
| Q8 | 235GB | 40GB | 19.09 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
| FP16 | 470GB | 40GB | 10.36 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
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NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe is not a comfortable Q4 fit for Qwen Qwen3 235B A22b (about 118GB needed).
Q4 inference is estimated to need about 118GB VRAM on this page, while NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe has 40GB available.
Try lower-bit quantization, choose a smaller model, or move to a higher-VRAM GPU from the alternatives list.