NVIDIA A100 40GBBudget pickC97.3 tok/s decode
~$10,000 MSRP
Can it run?
Runs well
Using Q4_K_M in vLLM
Fit status
Runs well
Decode
34.3 tok/s
TTFT
5638 ms
Safe context
23K
Memory
22.5 GB / 32.0 GB
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic Coding | C | Runs well | 34.3 tok/s | 8201 ms | 40K |
| Chat | C | Runs well | 34.3 tok/s | 3075 ms | 12K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 34.3 tok/s | 5638 ms | 23K |
| RAG | C | Runs well | 34.3 tok/s | 10251 ms | 40K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 34.3 tok/s | 6663 ms | 23K |
How Codestral 2 25.08 (22B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 5000 Ada 32GB (32.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 8.6 GB | Low | D35 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 10.8 GB | Low | D37 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 12.3 GB | Medium | D38 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 13.4 GB | Medium | D38 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 15.8 GB | High | D40 |
Q6_K | 6 | 18.0 GB | High | C41 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 23.5 GB | Very High | C44 |
F16 | 16 | 45.1 GB | Maximum | F0 |
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NVIDIA A100 40GBBudget pick~$10,000 MSRP