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NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM

80 GB decides what fits. 2039 GB/s decides how fast it runs once it does.

Quick answer

The NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM fits 244 of 320 sized models entirely in its 80 GB; the largest widely used one is Ling-3.0-flash (78.2 GB at Q4_K_M). Memory decides what fits; its 2039 GB/s of bandwidth decides how fast it answers.

Largest popular model that fitsLing-3.0-flash127B params · Q4_K_M · needs 78.2 GB~453 tok/s Faster than you readOpen in the calculator →
Most downloaded that fitsQwen3.8-27B28B params · Q4_K_M · needs 18.6 GB~94 tok/s Faster than you readOpen in the calculator →

At 8,192 tokens of context with the whole model in device memory. Speeds are estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks run on this card.

NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM · 80 GB · 2039 GB/s · Q4_K_M where published · 8,192 tokensSpecificationpublished dataDecode speedestimate

244 of 320 fit entirely

244 of the 320 models the engine can size fit entirely in device memory at Q4_K_M where it is published, otherwise the nearest published format, and 8,192 tokens. 2 run with some layers on system memory (32 GB assumed), and 74 do not run at all.

76%of the models the engine can size fit entirely

80GB of device memory

2039GB/s memory bandwidth

2run with system memory

74do not run at 8,192 tokens

Featured models · Q4_K_M at 8,192 tokens, including offload

Model	Needs	Verdict	Decode	Calculator
Qwen3.5-2B2.3B parameters	2.32 GB	fits	~1124 tok/s	Open →
NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-BF164.0B parameters	3.46 GB	fits	~521 tok/s	Open →
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct8.8B parameters	7.04 GB	fits	~236 tok/s	Open →
Qwen3.5-9B9.7B parameters	7.05 GB	fits	~285 tok/s	Open →
gemma-4-12B-it12B parameters	9.54 GB	fits	~170 tok/s	Open →
gpt-oss-20b21B parameters	13.8 GB	fits	~554 tok/s	Open →
Qwen3.8-27B28B parameters	18.6 GB	fits	~94 tok/s	Open →
Qwen3.6-27B28B parameters	18.6 GB	fits	~94 tok/s	Open →
Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct49B parameters	30.4 GB	fits	~742 tok/s	Open →
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next180B parameters	111.6 GB	needs 32.2 GB of system RAM; 32 GB assumed	does not run	Open →
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp305B parameters	188.1 GB	needs 108.9 GB of system RAM; 32 GB assumed	does not run	Open →
GLM-5.3-Flash321B parameters	198.3 GB	needs 118.4 GB of system RAM; 32 GB assumed	does not run	Open →

These examples are selected from prominent labs using the catalogue’s latest Hugging Face 30-day downloads and repository-creation freshness signal, with newer releases guaranteed a place. Offloaded rows assume 32 GB of system RAM, and a speed is only shown for a row that runs. Fitting in memory is not the same as loading: whether the runtime and version you have supports each architecture and format on this machine has not been tested here. Each “Open” link carries the same model, format, context and RAM into the calculator.

Fits entirely in NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM memory — 244 of 320 sized models

Every model that fitswhole model resident · offload off

The most demanding model that fits is Devstral-2-123B-Instruct-2512 at Q4_K_M: 78.6 GB of the 80 GB, leaving 1.35 GB spare.

Fully resident at 8,192 tokens (or the model’s own maximum, where that is shorter), offload off, at 2039 GB/s. Each row is a run of the engine for this configuration; the rows start with current, prominent releases and “fits” is memory, not a tested runtime. Older or less prominent models remain available through this search and “Show all”.

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Showing 40 of 244 models that fit.

Model	Format	Needs	Spare	Decode	Downloads / 30d	Calculator
Qwen3.8-27BQwen · 28B params	Q4_K_M	18.6 GB	61.4 GB	~94 tok/s	6.9M	Open →
gemma-4-26B-A4B-itGoogle · 26B params	Q4_K_M	16.8 GB	63.2 GB	~521 tok/s	13M	Open →
gemma-4-31B-itGoogle · 31B params	Q4_K_M	22.2 GB	57.8 GB	~67 tok/s	9.9M	Open →
Qwen3.5-9BQwen · 9.7B params	Q4_K_M	7.05 GB	73.0 GB	~285 tok/s	9M	Open →
Qwen3.5-4BQwen · 4.7B params	Q4_K_M	3.98 GB	76.0 GB	~513 tok/s	7.8M	Open →
Qwen3.6-35B-A3BQwen · 36B params	Q4_K_M	23.1 GB	56.9 GB	~748 tok/s	3.3M	Open →
gemma-4-12B-itGoogle · 12B params	Q4_K_M	9.54 GB	70.5 GB	~170 tok/s	1.9M	Open →
Qwen3.6-27BQwen · 28B params	Q4_K_M	18.6 GB	61.4 GB	~94 tok/s	2.5M	Open →
Qwen3.5-2BQwen · 2.3B params	Q4_K_M	2.32 GB	77.7 GB	~1124 tok/s	4.9M	Open →
gemma-4-E4B-itGoogle · 8.0B params	Q4_K_M	5.86 GB	74.1 GB	~458 tok/s	4.4M	Open →
NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-BF16NVIDIA · 32B params	Q4_K_M	20.3 GB	59.7 GB	~71 tok/s	530K	Open →
NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-BF16NVIDIA · 4.0B params	Q4_K_M	3.46 GB	76.5 GB	~521 tok/s	3.4M	Open →
gemma-4-E2B-itGoogle · 5.1B params	Q4_K_M	4.02 GB	76.0 GB	~1211 tok/s	3M	Open →
Qwen3.5-0.8BQwen · 873M params	Q4_K_M	1.46 GB	78.5 GB	~2462 tok/s	2.6M	Open →
Qwen3-VL-8B-InstructQwen · 8.8B params	Q4_K_M	7.04 GB	73.0 GB	~236 tok/s	14.6M	Open →
Qwen3.5-27BQwen · 28B params	Q4_K_M	18.6 GB	61.4 GB	~94 tok/s	1.9M	Open →
North-Micro-Vision-InstructCohereLabs · 2.5B params	Q4_K_M	2.99 GB	77.0 GB	~739 tok/s	180.7K	Open →
Qwen3.5-35B-A3BQwen · 36B params	Q4_K_M	23.1 GB	56.9 GB	~748 tok/s	1.6M	Open →
NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16NVIDIA · 124B params	Q4_K_M	76.9 GB	3.08 GB	~18 tok/sAbout reading pace	1.2M	Open →
granite-4.2-8bIBM · 8.8B params	Q4_K_M	7.49 GB	72.5 GB	~215 tok/s	128.4K	Open →
GLM-4.7-Flashzai-org · 31B params	Q4_K_M	20.4 GB	59.6 GB	~71 tok/s	1.8M	Open →
granite-4.1-3bIBM · 3.4B params	Q4_K_M	3.72 GB	76.3 GB	~501 tok/s	521.8K	Open →
LFM2.5-2.6BLiquidAI · 2.7B params	Q4_K_M	2.61 GB	77.4 GB	~803 tok/s	108.1K	Open →
Qwen3-VL-4B-InstructQwen · 4.4B params	Q4_K_M	4.72 GB	75.3 GB	~374 tok/s	3.5M	Open →
granite-4.1-30bIBM · 29B params	Q4_K_M	20.4 GB	59.6 GB	~71 tok/s	301.5K	Open →
Qwen3.5-122B-A10BQwen · 125B params	Q4_K_M	77.9 GB	2.05 GB	~274 tok/s	512.6K	Open →
Qwen3-VL-2B-InstructQwen · 2.1B params	Q4_K_M	3.05 GB	77.0 GB	~679 tok/s	2.8M	Open →
granite-4.2-3bIBM · 3.7B params	Q4_K_M	3.72 GB	76.3 GB	~501 tok/s	50.6K	Open →
LFM2.5-230MLiquidAI · 230M params	Q4_K_M	1.05 GB	78.9 GB	~5596 tok/s	88.6K	Open →
Qwen3-0.6BQwen · 752M params	Q4_K_M	2.22 GB	77.8 GB	~1041 tok/s	29.7M	Open →
Qwen3-Coder-NextQwen · 80B params	Q4_K_M	50.0 GB	30.0 GB	~497 tok/s	596.3K	Open →
gpt-oss-20bOpenAI · 21B params	Q4_K_M	13.8 GB	66.2 GB	~554 tok/s	6.6M	Open →
granite-4.2-30bIBM · 29B params	Q4_K_M	20.7 GB	59.3 GB	~71 tok/s	35.8K	Open →
granite-4.1-8bIBM · 8.8B params	Q4_K_M	7.49 GB	72.5 GB	~215 tok/s	179.3K	Open →
NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16NVIDIA · 32B params	Q4_K_M	20.3 GB	59.7 GB	~71 tok/s	875.2K	Open →
gpt-oss-120bOpenAI · 117B params	Q4_K_M	71.9 GB	8.06 GB	~390 tok/s	4.5M	Open →
LFM2.5-VL-3BLiquidAI · 3.1B params	Q4_K_M	2.85 GB	77.1 GB	~803 tok/s	26.7K	Open →
MiMo-V2.6-Distill-Qwen-9BNEWXiaomiMiMo · 9.4B params	Q4_K_M	6.90 GB	73.1 GB	~285 tok/s	14.6K	Open →
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507Qwen · 4.0B params	Q4_K_M	4.72 GB	75.3 GB	~374 tok/s	3.7M	Open →
Ling-3.0-tinyinclusionAI · 7.9B params	Q4_K_M	5.85 GB	74.1 GB	~1617 tok/s	17.7K	Open →

Sized at the format most people actually download, not at FP16. The catalogue ordered by downloads →

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Manufacturer specification

Memory scope	dedicated
Capacity	80 GB
Published options	80 GB
Bandwidth	2039 GB/s
Memory type	HBM2e
Bus width	Not published
FP32 peak	19.5 TFLOPS
Dense matrix peak	312 TFLOPS (FP16 Tensor Core, dense)
Max TDP	400 W

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NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU ↗

Retrieved 2026-08-30

NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU Datasheet ↗

Retrieved 2026-08-31

Published capacity is a hardware ceiling, not guaranteed free runtime memory. The calculator shows the runtime reserve separately rather than folding it into a single number.

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