Can I run this LLM?
Can a NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell (288GB HBM + 480GB) run Qwen3 8B?
Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 288.0 GB machine at 4K context.
Yes — it runs great.
Best fit: Qwen3 8B at FP16 · 16.4 GB · 179–268 tok/s on a NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell (288GB HBM + 480GB).
Every quantization on this machine
| Quant | Size | Speed | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 3.3 GB | 296–443 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q3_K_M | 4.1 GB | 284–426 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q4_K_M | 5.0 GB | 272–408 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q5_K_M | 5.9 GB | 262–393 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q6_K | 6.7 GB | 252–378 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q8_0 | 8.7 GB | 232–349 tok/s | Runs great |
| FP16 | 16.4 GB | 179–268 tok/s | Runs great |
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