Can I Run Cosmos 3 on NVIDIA A100 80GB?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 21 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~48 GB of headroom running Cosmos 3 Nano at BF16 (32 GB, ~62 tok/s (est.)).

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NVIDIA A100 80GB Specs

VRAM80 GB
Memory Bandwidth1935 GB/s

Cosmos 3 Nano on the NVIDIA A100 80GB: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 80 GB?Max context
F1633.5 GB✓ Yes16K
Q8_018.5 GB✓ Yes16K
Q6_K14.6 GB✓ Yes16K
Q5_K_M12.9 GB✓ Yes16K
Q4_K_M11.2 GB✓ Yes16K
Q3_K_M8.3 GB✓ Yes16K
Q2_K6.8 GB✓ Yes16K

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.

Cosmos 3 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA A100 80GB

Cosmos 3 NanoBF16 · 32 GB · ~62 tok/s (est.)
Cosmos 3 EdgeBF16 · 8 GB · ~168 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Can I run Cosmos 3 on the NVIDIA A100 80GB?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~48 GB of headroom running Cosmos 3 Nano at BF16 (32 GB, ~62 tok/s (est.)).

What's the best Cosmos 3 size for the NVIDIA A100 80GB?

Cosmos 3 Nano at BF16 quantization (32 GB), estimated ~62 tokens/sec.

Every Cosmos 3 size on the NVIDIA A100 80GB

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Cosmos 3 Super128.0 GBRuns at Q8_0
Cosmos 3 Nano32.0 GBRuns~62 tok/s
Cosmos 3 Edge8.0 GBRuns~168 tok/s

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