Can I Run Qwen3-Coder on NVIDIA H100 80GB?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 21, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~31.7 GB of headroom running Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q4_K_M (48.3 GB, ~247 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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NVIDIA H100 80GB PCIe
Launch MSRP: $25,000
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NVIDIA H100 80GB Specs

VRAM80 GB
Memory Bandwidth2000 GB/s

Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) on the NVIDIA H100 80GB: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 80 GB?Max context
F16162 GB✗ No
Q8_087 GB✗ No
Q6_K67.6 GB✓ Yes32K
Q5_K_M58.7 GB✓ Yes64K
Q4_K_M50.3 GB✓ Yes64K
Q3_K_M36.1 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K28.3 GB✓ Yes64K

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.

Qwen3-Coder Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA H100 80GB

Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE)Q4_K_M · 48.3 GB · ~247 tok/s (est.)
Qwen3-Coder 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~184 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Can I run Qwen3-Coder on the NVIDIA H100 80GB?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~31.7 GB of headroom running Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q4_K_M (48.3 GB, ~247 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

What's the best Qwen3-Coder size for the NVIDIA H100 80GB?

Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q4_K_M quantization (48.3 GB), estimated ~247 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

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