NVIDIA L40 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA L40 can run nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 119 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 43GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 5GB | 48GB | 119.16 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 10GB | 48GB | 80.97 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 19GB | 48GB | 47.06 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |