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Best hardware to run Llama 3.1 405B

The minimum self-hostable option and a comfortable recommended build for Llama 3.1 405B, plus the top devices that run it well.

Minimum

Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServer

Fits at Q8_0 (~410GB) with ~153.2GB headroom — about 1 concurrent instance.

Recommended

Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServer

Fits at Q8_0 (~410GB) with ~153.2GB headroom — about 1 concurrent instance.

Top devices that run it well

  • Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServer
    Supermicro · AI Servers

    Fits at Q8_0 (~410GB) with ~153.2GB headroom — about 1 concurrent instance.

    Q8_0 · ~410GBRuns well
  • Dell PowerEdge XE9680
    Dell · AI Servers

    Fits at Q8_0 (~410GB) with ~153.2GB headroom — about 1 concurrent instance.

    Q8_0 · ~410GBRuns well

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