NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen/Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM4 can run Qwen/Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 205 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 73GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 7GB | 80GB | 205.08 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 14GB | 80GB | 141.07 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 29GB | 80GB | 79.43 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |