NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen/Qwen3-14B-Base. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB can run Qwen/Qwen3-14B-Base with Q4 quantization. At approximately 256 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 | 255.94 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 14GB | 80GB | 174.45 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 29GB | 80GB | 91.40 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |