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Can the Tesla M40 (24GB, used) run SDXL SDXL base?

YES

Comfortably. 24GB of memory against a 9GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.

~12–21 tok/s

weights 6.9GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~24GB usable → full. 8.9 GB needed of 24 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 288 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 6.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file6.9GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory9GB working set
this machine24GB GDDR5, 288 GB/s
paramsSDXL base
licenseopenrail++
price$55

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: no stock runtime yet

Alternatives

every model the Tesla M40 (24GB, used) can run — full list

tesla-p40 — the next step up from this machine's GPU

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