Can I Run Llama 3.2 Family on NVIDIA A100 80GB?

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Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 15 sierpnia 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~26.4 GB of headroom running Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct at Q4_K_M (53.613 GB, ~21 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe

80 GB VRAM · 300 W board power

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NVIDIA A100 80GB Specs

VRAM	80 GB
Memory Bandwidth	1935 GB/s

Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct on the NVIDIA A100 80GB: VRAM by quantization

Quant	VRAM needed	Fits 80 GB?	Max context
F16	180.1 GB	✗ No	—
Q8_0	96.8 GB	✗ No	—
Q6_K	75.3 GB	✓ Yes	8K
Q5_K_M	65.4 GB	✓ Yes	32K
Q4_K_M	56.1 GB	✓ Yes	32K
Q3_K_M	40.3 GB	✓ Yes	64K
Q2_K	31.7 GB	✓ Yes	64K

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.

Llama 3.2 Family Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA A100 80GB

Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct	Q4_K_M · 53.613 GB · ~21 tok/s (est.)
Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct	Q4_K_M · 6.39975 GB · ~123 tok/s (est.)
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 1.9380375 GB · ~236 tok/s (est.)
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 0.74865 GB · ~336 tok/s (est.)

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FAQ

Llama 3.2 Family on the NVIDIA A100 80GB — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~26.4 GB of headroom running Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct at Q4_K_M (53.613 GB, ~21 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

Which Llama 3.2 Family variant fits best on the NVIDIA A100 80GB?

Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (53.613 GB), estimated ~21 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

Every Llama 3.2 Family size on the NVIDIA A100 80GB

Size	VRAM	Verdict	Speed
Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct	53.6 GB	Runs	~21 tok/s
Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct	6.4 GB	Runs	~123 tok/s
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	1.9 GB	Runs	~236 tok/s
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct	0.7 GB	Runs	~336 tok/s

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Troubleshooting

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