RTX 5090 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-bnb-4bit. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
RTX 5090 can run unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-bnb-4bit with Q4 quantization. At approximately 328 tokens/second, you can expect Excellent speed - conversational response times under 1 second.
You have 28GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 4GB | 32GB | 328.00 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 9GB | 32GB | 227.81 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 17GB | 32GB | 102.53 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |