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Home/gemma 2 2b it/on NVIDIA A100 40GB

Can it run?

Can NVIDIA A100 40GB run gemma 2 2b it?

CUsable

Runs well

Using Q6_K in Ollama

Capabilities:

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

836.3 tok/s

TTFT

350 ms

Safe context

84K

Memory

7.6 GB / 40.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights1.6 GB
KV Cache0.8 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom4.0 GB

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
Agentic CodingCRuns well836.3 tok/s350 ms168K
ChatCRuns well836.3 tok/s350 ms42K
CodingCRuns well836.3 tok/s350 ms84K
RAGCRuns well836.3 tok/s421 ms168K
ReasoningCRuns well836.3 tok/s350 ms84K

Quantization options

How gemma 2 2b it (2B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA A100 40GB (40.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
0.8 GB
LowD30
Q3_K_S
3
1.0 GB
LowD30
NVFP4
4
1.1 GB
MediumD30
Q4_K_M
4
1.2 GB
MediumD30
Q5_K_M
5
1.4 GB
HighD30
Q6_K
6
1.6 GB
HighD30
Q8_0
8
2.1 GB
Very HighD31
F16Best for your GPU
16
4.1 GB
MaximumD32

Get started

HuggingFace
huggingface-cli download hf-bartowski--gemma-2-2b-it-gguf

Upgrade options

Hardware that runs gemma 2 2b it well

AppleMacBook Pro M4 Pro 64GBBudget pick
C134.6 tok/s decode

~$1,599 MSRP

AppleMacBook Pro M1 Max 64GBBest value
C140.9 tok/s decode

~$2,499 MSRP

AppleMac Studio M1 Ultra 64GBBiggest leap
C281.7 tok/s decode

~$3,999 MSRP

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