Question 1

Can the NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM run qwen3-coder 480B A35B cloud-class?

Accepted Answer

qwen3-coder 480B A35B cloud-class needs about 290.97GB working set (weights 290GB + KV cache 0.97GB at 4k context). The NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM offers ~80GB usable — verdict: no. 291.0 GB vs 80 GB usable — does not fit

Question 2

How fast is qwen3-coder 480B A35B cloud-class on the NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM?

Accepted Answer

~3.2–5.3 tok/s on the NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM. computed roofline: 2039 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 290.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Question 3

What should I run qwen3-coder 480B A35B cloud-class on instead?

Accepted Answer

ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 (GB300) runs it fully ($60000).

Can the NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM run qwen3-coder 480B A35B cloud-class?

Run qwen3-coder 480B A35B cloud-class on instead