NVIDIA A4000 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA A4000 can run Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 82 tokens/second, you can expect Good speed - acceptable for interactive use.
You have 13GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 3GB | 16GB | 82.25 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 5GB | 16GB | 58.91 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 11GB | 16GB | 30.95 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |