Can I Run Cogito v1 on NVIDIA A100 80GB?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 21, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~37.7 GB of headroom running Cogito v1 70B at Q4_K_M (42.2625 GB, ~26 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe
80 GB VRAM · 300 W board power
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NVIDIA A100 80GB Specs

VRAM80 GB
Memory Bandwidth1935 GB/s

Cogito v1 70B on the NVIDIA A100 80GB: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 80 GB?Max context
F16142.1 GB✗ No
Q8_076.5 GB✓ Yes8K
Q6_K59.5 GB✓ Yes64K
Q5_K_M51.8 GB✓ Yes64K
Q4_K_M44.4 GB✓ Yes64K
Q3_K_M32 GB✓ Yes128K
Q2_K25.2 GB✓ Yes128K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 80 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Cogito v1 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA A100 80GB

Cogito v1 70BQ4_K_M · 42.2625 GB · ~26 tok/s (est.)
Cogito v1 32BQ4_K_M · 19.32 GB · ~52 tok/s (est.)
Cogito v1 14BQ4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~101 tok/s (est.)
Cogito v1 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~149 tok/s (est.)
Cogito v1 3BQ4_K_M · 1.81125 GB · ~242 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Can I run Cogito v1 on the NVIDIA A100 80GB?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~37.7 GB of headroom running Cogito v1 70B at Q4_K_M (42.2625 GB, ~26 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

What's the best Cogito v1 size for the NVIDIA A100 80GB?

Cogito v1 70B at Q4_K_M quantization (42.2625 GB), estimated ~26 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

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