Can I Run Yi 1.5 Family on NVIDIA L40S?

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Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 21 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~27.2 GB of headroom running Yi 1.5 34B Chat at Q4_K_M (20.769 GB, ~34 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

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NVIDIA L40S 48GB
48 GB VRAM · 350 W board power
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NVIDIA L40S Specs

VRAM48 GB
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s

Yi 1.5 34B Chat on the NVIDIA L40S: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 48 GB?Max context
F1670.6 GB✗ No
Q8_038.4 GB✓ Yes16K
Q6_K30 GB✓ Yes16K
Q5_K_M26.2 GB✓ Yes16K
Q4_K_M22.6 GB✓ Yes16K
Q3_K_M16.5 GB✓ Yes16K
Q2_K13.1 GB✓ Yes16K

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.

Yi 1.5 Family Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA L40S

Yi 1.5 34B ChatQ4_K_M · 20.769 GB · ~34 tok/s (est.)
Yi 1.5 9B ChatQ4_K_M · 5.3311125 GB · ~106 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Will Yi 1.5 Family run on the NVIDIA L40S?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~27.2 GB of headroom running Yi 1.5 34B Chat at Q4_K_M (20.769 GB, ~34 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

Which Yi 1.5 Family variant fits best on the NVIDIA L40S?

Yi 1.5 34B Chat at Q4_K_M quantization (20.769 GB), estimated ~34 tokens/sec, up to 16K context.

Every Yi 1.5 Family size on the NVIDIA L40S

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Yi 1.5 34B Chat20.8 GBRuns~34 tok/s
Yi 1.5 9B Chat5.3 GBRuns~106 tok/s

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