NVIDIA A100 80GB — Local LLM Performance & Compatibility

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 21, 2026

The datacenter workhorse of the 2021–2023 AI wave, now the value pick for on-prem business inference: 80 GB HBM2e at 1.9 TB/s runs Llama 3.3 70B at Q4 entirely on one card. No official MSRP — single-unit street pricing has fallen well below launch levels as H100/B200 fleets displace it, and the used/refurb market is active. PCIe version shown; SXM needs an HGX carrier board.

Technical Specifications

VRAM80 GB
Memory Bandwidth1935 GB/s
TDP300 W
ArchitectureAmpere GA100
Release Year2021
MSRP at Launch$15,000
Inference Speed (Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M)102–196 tok/s (estimated)
Inference Speed (Llama 3.3 70B Q4_K_M)18–34 tok/s (estimated)
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NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe
80 GB VRAM · 300 W board power
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LLMs Compatible with 80 GB VRAM

All models below run comfortably in 80 GB VRAM with Q4_K_M quantization.

Llama 4Llama 4 Scout 17B · 67 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama4:scout
Llama 3.3Llama 3.3 70B Instruct · 43 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.3
Llama 3.1 FamilyLlama 3.1 8B Instruct · 6 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.1
DeepSeek R1DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B · 20 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run deepseek-r1:32b
Qwen 3Qwen 3 32B · 21 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3:32b
Qwen 3.5Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B · 74 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3.5:122b
Qwen 3.6Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B · 22 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3.6:35b-a3b
Gemma 3Gemma 3 27B Instruct · 17 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run gemma3:27b

Best Use Cases

Quick Start with Ollama

Install Ollama then run the recommended model for this GPU:

ollama run llama3.3:70b

FAQ

Can the NVIDIA A100 80GB run local LLMs?

Yes — the NVIDIA A100 80GB has 80 GB VRAM and runs The datacenter workhorse of the 2021–2023 AI wave, now the value pick for on-prem business inference: 80 GB HBM2e at 1.9

How fast is the NVIDIA A100 80GB for AI inference?

The NVIDIA A100 80GB is estimated to run Llama 3.1 8B at 102–196 tok/s with Q4_K_M quantization. For Llama 3.3 70B the estimate is 18–34 tok/s. These are modelled estimates, not measurements — see /en/methodology.

What LLMs can I run on 80 GB VRAM?

With 80 GB you can run: Llama 4, Llama 3.3, Llama 3.1 Family, DeepSeek R1, Qwen 3. Use Ollama for the easiest setup: ollama run llama3.3:70b.

Can I Run It? — NVIDIA A100 80GB

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