Can I Run EXAONE 3.5 on NVIDIA L40S?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 21 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~28.7 GB of headroom running EXAONE 3.5 32B at Q4_K_M (19.32 GB, ~36 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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NVIDIA L40S Specs

VRAM48 GB
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s

EXAONE 3.5 32B on the NVIDIA L40S: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 48 GB?Max context
F1665.9 GB✗ No
Q8_035.9 GB✓ Yes32K
Q6_K28.1 GB✓ Yes32K
Q5_K_M24.6 GB✓ Yes32K
Q4_K_M21.2 GB✓ Yes32K
Q3_K_M15.5 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K12.4 GB✓ Yes32K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 48 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

EXAONE 3.5 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA L40S

EXAONE 3.5 32BQ4_K_M · 19.32 GB · ~36 tok/s (est.)
EXAONE 3.5 7.8BQ4_K_M · 4.70925 GB · ~114 tok/s (est.)
EXAONE 3.5 2.4BQ4_K_M · 1.449 GB · ~225 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Can I run EXAONE 3.5 on the NVIDIA L40S?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~28.7 GB of headroom running EXAONE 3.5 32B at Q4_K_M (19.32 GB, ~36 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

What's the best EXAONE 3.5 size for the NVIDIA L40S?

EXAONE 3.5 32B at Q4_K_M quantization (19.32 GB), estimated ~36 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

Every EXAONE 3.5 size on the NVIDIA L40S

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
EXAONE 3.5 32B19.3 GBRuns~36 tok/s
EXAONE 3.5 7.8B4.7 GBRuns~114 tok/s
EXAONE 3.5 2.4B1.4 GBRuns~225 tok/s

EXAONE 3.5 on Other GPUs

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