NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada can run meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 139 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 | 139.05 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 9GB | 48GB | 90.46 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 17GB | 48GB | 49.29 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |