NVIDIA L40S meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA L40S can run meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 33 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 14GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 34GB | 48GB | 32.68 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 69GB | 48GB | 24.95 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
| FP16 | 138GB | 48GB | 12.88 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |