Can I Run Qwen 2.5 Family on NVIDIA H100 80GB?

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Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 21 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~36.5 GB of headroom running Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M (43.47 GB, ~35 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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NVIDIA H100 80GB PCIe

80 GB VRAM · 350 W board power

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NVIDIA H100 80GB Specs

VRAM	80 GB
Memory Bandwidth	2000 GB/s

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct on the NVIDIA H100 80GB: VRAM by quantization

Quant	VRAM needed	Fits 80 GB?	Max context
F16	146.1 GB	✗ No	—
Q8_0	78.6 GB	✓ Yes	8K
Q6_K	61.2 GB	✓ Yes	32K
Q5_K_M	53.2 GB	✓ Yes	64K
Q4_K_M	45.6 GB	✓ Yes	64K
Q3_K_M	32.8 GB	✓ Yes	128K
Q2_K	25.8 GB	✓ Yes	128K

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.

Qwen 2.5 Family Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA H100 80GB

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 43.47 GB · ~35 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Q4_K_M · 19.32 GB · ~70 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~130 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 4.5885 GB · ~197 tok/s (est.)

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FAQ

Can I run Qwen 2.5 Family on the NVIDIA H100 80GB?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~36.5 GB of headroom running Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M (43.47 GB, ~35 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

What's the best Qwen 2.5 Family size for the NVIDIA H100 80GB?

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (43.47 GB), estimated ~35 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

Every Qwen 2.5 Family size on the NVIDIA H100 80GB

Size	VRAM	Verdict	Speed
Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct	43.5 GB	Runs	~35 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	19.3 GB	Runs	~70 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct	8.5 GB	Runs	~130 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct	4.6 GB	Runs	~197 tok/s

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