NVIDIA L40 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of openai-community/gpt2-xl. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA L40 can run openai-community/gpt2-xl with Q4 quantization. At approximately 165 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 44GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 4GB | 48GB | 164.80 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 7GB | 48GB | 109.30 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 15GB | 48GB | 60.69 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |