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NVIDIA L40: local LLM speed
Llama 2 7B (Q4_0) generates 154 tokens/s on the NVIDIA L40 (CUDA), and processes prompts at 10,098 tokens/s.
Measured results
| Model | Generate tok/s | Prompt tok/s | Quant | Backend | Test | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 2 7B | 154 | 10,098 | Q4_0 | CUDA FA on | tg128 | llama.cpp #15013 details |
| Llama 2 7B | 152 | 8,870 | Q4_0 | CUDA FA off | tg128 | llama.cpp #15013 details |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | 118 | 17,686 | Q4_K_M | llamafile | LocalScore avg | LocalScore details |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | 45.1 | 5,065 | Q4_K_M | llamafile | LocalScore avg | LocalScore details |
| Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | 24.7 | 2,713 | Q4_K_M | llamafile | LocalScore avg | LocalScore details |
What fits on the NVIDIA L40
Estimates for this chip are scaled from a measured run: Llama 2 7B Q4_0 at 154 tok/s (CUDA, source). Fit assumes the whole model in GPU memory with ~8K context.
| Model | Best quant that fits | File | Expected tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8-27B | Q8_0 | 29.0 GB | 20.2 estimate |
| gemma-4-12B-it | Q8_0 | 12.7 GB | 46.4 estimate |
| Qwen3.5-9B | Q8_0 | 9.5 GB | 61.7 estimate |
| Qwen3.5-4B | Q8_0 | 4.5 GB | 131 estimate |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Q8_0 | 36.9 GB | 92.9 estimate |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it | Q8_0 | 26.9 GB | 71.1 estimate |
| MiMo-V2.6-Distill-Qwen-9B | Q8_0 | 9.5 GB | 61.6 estimate |
| gemma-4-E4B-it | Q8_0 | 8.2 GB | 71.7 estimate |
| Muse-Glimmer-30B | Q8_0 | 29.6 GB | 19.8 estimate |
| Qwen3-4B | Q8_0 | 4.3 GB | 137 estimate |
| gemma-4-31B-it | Q8_0 | 32.6 GB | 18.0 estimate |
| gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-qat-q4_0-unquantized | UD-Q4_K_XL | 14.2 GB | 134 estimate |
| gemma-4-12B-it-qat-q4_0-unquantized | UD-Q4_K_XL | 6.7 GB | 87.5 estimate |
| gemma-3-1b-it | Q8_0 | 1.1 GB | 490 estimate |
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