Can I Run / Seed OSS 36B Instruct / on NVIDIA A100 80GB

Can I Run Seed OSS 36B Instruct on a NVIDIA A100 80GB?

Yes

Runs at Q8_0 — near-lossless quality.

Model size
36.2B
GPU memory
80.0GB
Smallest quant
Q4_K_M
Best fit
Q8_0

3 quantizations fit your 80.0GB

QuantMin VRAMRecommendedFile sizeHeadroom
Q8_0BEST39.5 GB41.0 GB38.4 GB+40.5 GB
Q6_K30.8 GB32.3 GB29.7 GB+49.2 GB
Q4_K_M22.9 GB24.4 GB21.8 GB+57.0 GB

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NVIDIA A100 80GB

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FAQ

Can the NVIDIA A100 80GB run Seed OSS 36B Instruct?

Yes. The NVIDIA A100 80GB's 80.0GB of VRAM is enough to run Seed OSS 36B Instruct at Q8_0 quantization (39.5GB required).

What's the best quantization to use?

Q8_0 is the highest-precision quantization that fits in your 80.0GB. It uses about 39.5GB of memory and 41.0GB recommended for comfortable inference.

What if I need more headroom for context length?

KV cache memory grows with context length. The numbers above assume a baseline 2K-4K context. For long-context use (32K+), add another 2-6GB depending on the model architecture.