Hunyuan A13B Instruct (混元 80B) on RTX 4070 Ti Super (16GB) — VRAM, KV Cache & Throughput
Hunyuan A13B Instruct (混元 80B) (80B total, 13B active, Sparse MoE + GQA) uses 45.38 GiB of 4-bit weights (Q4_K_M), requiring 46.94 GiB total at 8K context and 49.94 GiB at 32K on RTX 4070 Ti Super (~8.7 tok/s decode).
Recommended Hardware for Current Configuration
Production Launch Commands
llama-server -hf tencent/Hunyuan-A13B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M \ --ctx-size 8192 -ngl 999 --flash-attn
vllm serve tencent/Hunyuan-A13B-Instruct \ --max-model-len 8192 --gpu-memory-utilization 0.92
Cloud GPU Comparison & Rent-vs-Buy TCO
Verified public rates across RunPod, Vast.ai, Vultr, and DigitalOcean.
| Provider | Recommended Instance | Total VRAM | Hourly Rate | Monthly at Selected Hours | Billing Mode | Deploy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RunPod | 1x A100 80GB SXM (Community Cloud · PCIe) | 80 GB | $1.19 / hr | $144.70 / mo | Per-second | Deploy GPU ↗ |
| Vast.ai | 1x A100 80GB SXM (Verified Host · SXM4) | 80 GB | $0.44 / hr | $53.75 / mo | Spot / On-demand | Deploy GPU ↗ |
| Vultr ($300 Free Credit*) | 1x A100 80GB SXM (Dedicated Instance · $300 Credit*) | 80 GB | $2.40 / hr | $291.48 / mo | Hourly | Deploy GPU ↗ |
| Vultr Cloud GPU | 1x A100 80GB SXM (Dedicated Instance) | 80 GB | $2.40 / hr | $291.48 / mo | Hourly | Deploy GPU ↗ |
| DigitalOcean | 1x Instinct MI300X 192GB (Dedicated Instance) | 192 GB | $2.59 / hr | $314.94 / mo | Per-second | Deploy GPU ↗ |
Rates reflect public listings on the verification date and fluctuate with regional inventory.
Fine-Tuning VRAM Requirements (QLoRA / LoRA / Full) — Hunyuan A13B Instruct (混元 80B)
Engineering Sizing Notes & Optimization Playbook
Quick Hardware Verdict
A single RTX 4070 Ti Super (16GB) cannot hold 4-bit Hunyuan A13B Instruct (混元 80B) (46.94 GiB at 8K) entirely in VRAM. Use multi-GPU tensor parallelism, offload layers to system RAM, or deploy on a larger cloud GPU.
KV Cache & Runtime Tuning
Hunyuan A13B Instruct (混元 80B) uses Sparse MoE + GQA (80B total, 13B active per token). Moving from 8K to 32K context expands FP16 KV cache from 1 GiB to 4 GiB; enabling 8-bit KV cache (llama.cpp -ctk q8_0 -ctv q8_0 or vLLM --kv-cache-dtype fp8) saves 2 GiB at 32K (reducing total VRAM to 47.94 GiB).
VRAM Scaling Across Context Windows (4K to 128K, 4-bit Weights)
Quantization Precision & Memory Matrix — Hunyuan A13B Instruct (混元 80B) @ 8K
| Quantization Format | Weights (GiB) | KV Cache | Total VRAM (GiB) | Decode Speed | Compatibility (RTX 4070 Ti Super) | Recommended GPU | Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Weights (BF16 / FP8 / MXFP4 — Lossless) (BF16) | 149.01 GiB | 1 GiB | 150.57 GiB (161.67 GB) | ~2.3 tok/s | Exceeds Available GPU Memory | Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB) | Official checkpoint size |
| FP8 / GGUF Q8_0 (8-bit — Near-Lossless) (Q8_0) | 79.16 GiB | 1 GiB | 80.72 GiB (86.67 GB) | ~4.5 tok/s | Exceeds Available GPU Memory | RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) | Config-derived formula |
| GGUF Q6_K (6-bit — High Precision) (Q6_K) | 61.09 GiB | 1 GiB | 62.65 GiB (67.27 GB) | ~6.1 tok/s | Exceeds Available GPU Memory | RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) | Config-derived formula |
| GGUF Q5_K_M (5-bit — Balanced) (Q5_K_M) | 53.1 GiB | 1 GiB | 54.66 GiB (58.69 GB) | ~7.2 tok/s | Exceeds Available GPU Memory | RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) | Config-derived formula |
| Q4_K_M / UD-Q4_K_XL / AWQ (4-bit — Recommended) (Q4_K_M) | 45.38 GiB | 1 GiB | 46.94 GiB (50.4 GB) | ~8.7 tok/s | Exceeds Available GPU Memory | RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) | Config-derived formula |
| GGUF IQ4_XS (4.25-bit — Compact) (IQ4_XS) | 39.73 GiB | 1 GiB | 41.29 GiB (44.33 GB) | ~10.4 tok/s | Exceeds Available GPU Memory | A40 48GB (48GB) | Config-derived formula |
| GGUF Q3_K_M (3-bit — Low VRAM) (Q3_K_M) | 36.55 GiB | 1 GiB | 38.11 GiB (40.92 GB) | ~11.6 tok/s | Exceeds Available GPU Memory | A40 48GB (48GB) | Config-derived formula |
| GGUF UD-Q2_K_XL (2-bit — Extreme MoE) (UD-Q2_K_XL) | 25.83 GiB | 1 GiB | 27.39 GiB (29.41 GB) | ~19.7 tok/s | Exceeds Available GPU Memory | Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB (32GB) | Config-derived formula |
Technical Specifications & FAQ
Does Hunyuan A13B Instruct (混元 80B) fit on RTX 4070 Ti Super (16GB)?
In 4-bit (Q4_K_M) at 8,192 context, Hunyuan A13B Instruct (混元 80B) requires 46.94 GiB total GPU memory (45.38 GiB weights + 1 GiB KV cache + 0.56 GiB runtime buffers) against 15.2 GiB usable on RTX 4070 Ti Super, delivering ~8.7 tok/s decode.
How much VRAM does Hunyuan A13B Instruct (混元 80B) need at 32K context?
At 32,768 context tokens, Hunyuan A13B Instruct (混元 80B) (Sparse MoE + GQA) allocates 4 GiB for KV cache and state, bringing total 4-bit VRAM to 49.94 GiB (53.62 GB decimal).