Best hardware to run Llama 3.2 3B
The minimum self-hostable option and a comfortable recommended build for Llama 3.2 3B, plus the top devices that run it well.
Minimum
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GBFits at FP16 (~7GB) with ~3.6GB headroom — about 1 concurrent instance.
Recommended
Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServerFits at FP16 (~7GB) with ~556.2GB headroom — about 80 concurrent instances.
Top devices that run it well
- Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServerSupermicro · AI Servers
Fits at FP16 (~7GB) with ~556.2GB headroom — about 80 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~7GBRuns well - Dell PowerEdge XE9680Dell · AI Servers
Fits at FP16 (~7GB) with ~556.2GB headroom — about 80 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~7GBRuns well - AMD Instinct MI300XAMD · Datacenter GPUs
Fits at FP16 (~7GB) with ~162GB headroom — about 24 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~7GBRuns well - NVIDIA H200 (141GB)NVIDIA · Datacenter GPUs
Fits at FP16 (~7GB) with ~117.1GB headroom — about 17 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~7GBRuns well - Cloud H200 141GB (profile)Cloud · Cloud GPU Profiles
Fits at FP16 (~7GB) with ~117.1GB headroom — about 17 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~7GBRuns well - NVIDIA H100 (80GB)NVIDIA · Datacenter GPUs
Fits at FP16 (~7GB) with ~63.4GB headroom — about 10 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~7GBRuns well
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