Best hardware to run Llama 3.1 70B
The minimum self-hostable option and a comfortable recommended build for Llama 3.1 70B, plus the top devices that run it well.
Minimum
NVIDIA RTX A6000Fits only at Q4_K_M with little headroom (~0.2GB) — usable but tight; consider more memory.
Recommended
Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServerFits at FP16 (~140GB) with ~423.2GB headroom — about 4 concurrent instances.
Top devices that run it well
- Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServerSupermicro · AI Servers
Fits at FP16 (~140GB) with ~423.2GB headroom — about 4 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~140GBRuns well - Dell PowerEdge XE9680Dell · AI Servers
Fits at FP16 (~140GB) with ~423.2GB headroom — about 4 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~140GBRuns well - AMD Instinct MI300XAMD · Datacenter GPUs
Fits at FP16 (~140GB) with ~29GB headroom — about 1 concurrent instance.
FP16 · ~140GBRuns well - NVIDIA H200 (141GB)NVIDIA · Datacenter GPUs
Fits at Q8_0 (~75GB) with ~49.1GB headroom — about 1 concurrent instance.
Q8_0 · ~75GBRuns well - Cloud H200 141GB (profile)Cloud · Cloud GPU Profiles
Fits at Q8_0 (~75GB) with ~49.1GB headroom — about 1 concurrent instance.
Q8_0 · ~75GBRuns well - NVIDIA H100 (80GB)NVIDIA · Datacenter GPUs
Fits at Q4_K_M (~42GB) with ~28.4GB headroom — about 1 concurrent instance.
Q4_K_M · ~42GBRuns well
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