Can I Run Command R Family on NVIDIA L40S?

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

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~26.9 GB of headroom running Command R (35B) at Q4_K_M (21.13125 GB, ~28 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

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NVIDIA L40S Specs

VRAM48 GB
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s

Command R (35B) on the NVIDIA L40S: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 48 GB?Max context
F1676.2 GB✗ No
Q8_043.4 GB✓ Yes4K
Q6_K34.9 GB✓ Yes8K
Q5_K_M31 GB✓ Yes16K
Q4_K_M27.3 GB✓ Yes16K
Q3_K_M21.1 GB✓ Yes16K
Q2_K17.7 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.

Command R Family Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA L40S

Command R (35B)Q4_K_M · 21.13125 GB · ~28 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Can I run Command R Family on the NVIDIA L40S?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~26.9 GB of headroom running Command R (35B) at Q4_K_M (21.13125 GB, ~28 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

What's the best Command R Family size for the NVIDIA L40S?

Command R (35B) at Q4_K_M quantization (21.13125 GB), estimated ~28 tokens/sec, up to 16K context.

Every Command R Family size on the NVIDIA L40S

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Command R+ (104B)62.8 GBRuns at Q2_K
Command R (35B)21.1 GBRuns~28 tok/s

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