Can I Run Llama 3.3 on NVIDIA L40S?

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Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 21 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~27.8 GB of headroom running Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) (20.212500000000002 GB, ~34 tok/s (est.)).

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NVIDIA L40S Specs

VRAM48 GB
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct on the NVIDIA L40S: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 48 GB?Max context
F16142.1 GB✗ No—
Q8_076.5 GB✗ No—
Q6_K59.5 GB✗ No—
Q5_K_M51.8 GB✗ No—
Q4_K_M44.4 GB✓ Yes8K
Q3_K_M32 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K25.2 GB✓ Yes64K

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.

Llama 3.3 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA L40S

Llama 3.3 70B InstructQ2_K_XS (Tight) · 20.212500000000002 GB · ~34 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Will Llama 3.3 run on the NVIDIA L40S?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~27.8 GB of headroom running Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) (20.212500000000002 GB, ~34 tok/s (est.)).

Which Llama 3.3 variant fits best on the NVIDIA L40S?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) quantization (20.212500000000002 GB), estimated ~34 tokens/sec.

Llama 3.3 on Other GPUs

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