Can I Run Aya Expanse on NVIDIA L40S?

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2026年7月21日

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~28.5 GB of headroom running Aya Expanse 32B at Q4_K_M (19.501125 GB, ~36 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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NVIDIA L40S Specs

VRAM48 GB
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s

Aya Expanse 32B on the NVIDIA L40S: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 48 GB?Max context
F1666.1 GB✗ No
Q8_035.8 GB✓ Yes64K
Q6_K28 GB✓ Yes64K
Q5_K_M24.4 GB✓ Yes64K
Q4_K_M21 GB✓ Yes64K
Q3_K_M15.2 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K12.1 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.

Aya Expanse Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA L40S

Aya Expanse 32BQ4_K_M · 19.501125 GB · ~36 tok/s (est.)
Aya Expanse 8BQ4_K_M · 4.8481125 GB · ~111 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Aya Expanse on the NVIDIA L40S — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~28.5 GB of headroom running Aya Expanse 32B at Q4_K_M (19.501125 GB, ~36 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

Which Aya Expanse variant fits best on the NVIDIA L40S?

Aya Expanse 32B at Q4_K_M quantization (19.501125 GB), estimated ~36 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

Every Aya Expanse size on the NVIDIA L40S

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Aya Expanse 32B19.5 GBRuns~36 tok/s
Aya Expanse 8B4.8 GBRuns~111 tok/s

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