Can I Run Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) on NVIDIA A100 80GB?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026

Yes. Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) needs 48.3 GB at Q4_K_M and the NVIDIA A100 80GB has 80 GB, leaving about 31.7 GB of headroom, at roughly 209 tok/s (estimated) with room for up to 64K of context.

The numbers

ModelQwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE)
Parameters80B/3B active
QuantizationQ4_K_M
VRAM needed48.3 GB
NVIDIA A100 80GB VRAM80 GB
VerdictRuns
Max context64K
Estimated speed~209 tok/s

What to do next

Nothing to change — run it at Q4_K_M. If you want more capability, check whether the next size up also fits.

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Running Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) on this card:

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