Can I Run Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct on NVIDIA A100 80GB?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 15 sierpnia 2026

Yes. Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct needs 44.3 GB at Q4_K_M and the NVIDIA A100 80GB has 80 GB, leaving about 35.7 GB of headroom, at roughly 25 tok/s (estimated) with room for up to 64K of context.

The numbers

ModelQwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Parameters72B
QuantizationQ4_K_M
VRAM needed44.3 GB
NVIDIA A100 80GB VRAM80 GB
VerdictRuns
Max context64K
Estimated speed~25 tok/s

What to do next

Nothing to change — run it at Q4_K_M. If you want more capability, check whether the next size up also fits.

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Running Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct on this card:

NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe
80 GB VRAM · 300 W board power
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Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct on nearby hardware

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