NVIDIA L40S meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-70B. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA L40S can run NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-70B with Q4 quantization. At approximately 30 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 | 30.30 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 69GB | 48GB | 23.31 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
| FP16 | 138GB | 48GB | 11.41 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |