NVIDIA L40S 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 L40S can run nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 114 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 | 114.37 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 10GB | 48GB | 87.27 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 19GB | 48GB | 48.00 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |