NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB can run unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 472 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 76GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 4GB | 80GB | 471.78 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 9GB | 80GB | 376.93 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 17GB | 80GB | 185.41 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |