Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B on DCU K100-AI 64GB (海光深算) (64GB) — VRAM, KV Cache & Throughput

Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B (2400B total, 95B active, Hybrid Linear/Mamba + MoE) uses 1355.88 GiB of 4-bit weights (Q4_K_M), requiring 1357.58 GiB total at 8K context and 1359.74 GiB at 32K on DCU K100-AI 64GB (海光深算) (~1 tok/s decode).

Interactive Sizing Workbench

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64 GB · 1638 GB/s
Exceeds Available GPU Memory
Config-derived formula HF config.json ↗
Memory Allocation Breakdown (GiB) 1357.58 GiB (1457.69 GB) / 64 GiB (2121%)
Model Weights: 1355.88 GiB KV Cache & State: 1.13 GiB Runtime & Activation Buffers: 0.57 GiB System RAM Offload: 0 GiB
Required GPU Memory
1357.58 GiB
1457.69 GB (decimal)
Usable Hardware Memory
60.8 GiB
64 GB (physical)
Safe Headroom
-1296.78 GiB
2121% utilization
Est. Decode Throughput
~1 tok/s
95B active params
Est. Prefill Throughput
~671 tok/s
4K Prompt TTFT: ~6109 ms
Est. Cost / 1M Tokens
$5755.56
Hybrid Linear/Mamba + MoE · Apache-2.0

Recommended Hardware for Current Configuration

Best Single GPU
Multi-GPU Required
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Best Value / Used GPU
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Apple Unified Memory
Exceeds 512 GB
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Cloud From
DigitalOcean · $20.72 / hr
8x Instinct MI300X 192GB

Production Launch Commands

llama.cpp (GGUF)
llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B:Q4_K_M \
  --ctx-size 8192 -ngl 999 --flash-attn
vLLM
vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B \
  --max-model-len 8192 --gpu-memory-utilization 0.92
Live Token Speed Simulator (TTFT ~6109ms · ~1 tok/s)
[Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B · 1357.58 GiB] allocated on target GPU. Prefill completed in TTFT window; streaming autoregressive tokens at memory-bandwidth-bound rate...

Cloud GPU Comparison & Rent-vs-Buy TCO

Verified public rates across RunPod, Vast.ai, Vultr, and DigitalOcean.

Verified: 2026-11-04
Purchase break-even
~1.5 months
Est. local power: $7.45 / mo
Provider Recommended Instance Total VRAM Hourly Rate Monthly at Selected Hours Billing Mode Deploy
RunPod 8x B300 288GB Blackwell Ultra (Community Cloud) 2304 GB $55.52 / hr $6751.23 / mo Per-second Deploy GPU ↗
Vast.ai — — — — Spot / On-demand Deploy GPU ↗
Vultr ($300 Free Credit*) — — — — Hourly Deploy GPU ↗
Vultr Cloud GPU — — — — Hourly Deploy GPU ↗
DigitalOcean 8x Instinct MI300X 192GB (Dedicated Instance) 1536 GB $20.72 / hr $2519.55 / 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) — Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B

QLoRA (4b) Exceeds Available GPU Memory
1370.38 GiB
Model Weights: 1355.88 GiB · Gradients + Optimizer: 13.3 GiB · Act: 1.2 GiB
Recommended GPU: Multi-GPU Required
LoRA (16b) Exceeds Available GPU Memory
4492.82 GiB
Model Weights: 4470.3 GiB · Gradients + Optimizer: 20.9 GiB · Act: 1.62 GiB
Recommended GPU: Multi-GPU Required
Full BF16 Exceeds Available GPU Memory
18331.08 GiB
Model Weights: 4470.3 GiB · Gradients + Optimizer: 13857.93 GiB · Act: 2.85 GiB
Recommended GPU: Multi-GPU Required

Engineering Sizing Notes & Optimization Playbook

Quick Hardware Verdict

A single DCU K100-AI 64GB (海光深算) (64GB) cannot hold 4-bit Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B (1357.58 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

Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B uses Hybrid Linear/Mamba + MoE (2400B total, 95B active per token). Moving from 8K to 32K context expands FP16 KV cache from 1.13 GiB to 3.29 GiB; enabling 8-bit KV cache (llama.cpp -ctk q8_0 -ctv q8_0 or vLLM --kv-cache-dtype fp8) saves 1.44 GiB at 32K (reducing total VRAM to 1358.3 GiB).

VRAM Scaling Across Context Windows (4K to 128K, 4-bit Weights)

Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B VRAM scaling from 4K to 128K context (4K: 1357.21 GiB, 8K: 1357.58 GiB, 32K: 1359.74 GiB, 128K: 1368.36 GiB) 4K 1357.21 GiB (KV 0.77 GiB) 8K 1357.58 GiB (KV 1.13 GiB) 32K 1359.74 GiB (KV 3.29 GiB) 128K 1368.36 GiB (KV 11.91 GiB) DCU K100-AI 64GB (海光深算) (64GB)
Model weights remain constant while attention KV cache grows with context length and batch size.

Quantization Precision & Memory Matrix — Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B @ 8K

Quantization Format Weights (GiB) KV Cache Total VRAM (GiB) Decode Speed Compatibility (DCU K100-AI 64GB (海光深算)) Recommended GPU Data Source
Native Weights (BF16 / FP8 / MXFP4 — Lossless) (FP8) 4470.3 GiB 1.13 GiB 4472 GiB (4801.77 GB) ~0.8 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Multi-GPU Required Official checkpoint size
FP8 / GGUF Q8_0 (8-bit — Near-Lossless) (Q8_0) 2374.87 GiB 1.13 GiB 2376.57 GiB (2551.82 GB) ~0.8 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Multi-GPU Required Config-derived formula
GGUF Q6_K (6-bit — High Precision) (Q6_K) 1832.84 GiB 1.13 GiB 1834.54 GiB (1969.82 GB) ~0.8 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Multi-GPU Required Config-derived formula
GGUF Q5_K_M (5-bit — Balanced) (Q5_K_M) 1590.18 GiB 1.13 GiB 1591.88 GiB (1709.27 GB) ~0.9 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Multi-GPU Required Config-derived formula
Q4_K_M / UD-Q4_K_XL / AWQ (4-bit — Recommended) (Q4_K_M) 1355.88 GiB 1.13 GiB 1357.58 GiB (1457.69 GB) ~1 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Multi-GPU Required Config-derived formula
GGUF IQ4_XS (4.25-bit — Compact) (IQ4_XS) 1188.03 GiB 1.13 GiB 1189.73 GiB (1277.46 GB) ~1.1 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Multi-GPU Required Config-derived formula
GGUF Q3_K_M (3-bit — Low VRAM) (Q3_K_M) 1092.96 GiB 1.13 GiB 1094.66 GiB (1175.38 GB) ~1.2 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Multi-GPU Required Config-derived formula
GGUF UD-Q2_K_XL (2-bit — Extreme MoE) (UD-Q2_K_XL) 769.17 GiB 1.13 GiB 770.87 GiB (827.72 GB) ~1.8 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Multi-GPU Required Config-derived formula

Technical Specifications & FAQ

Does Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B fit on DCU K100-AI 64GB (海光深算) (64GB)?

In 4-bit (Q4_K_M) at 8,192 context, Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B requires 1357.58 GiB total GPU memory (1355.88 GiB weights + 1.13 GiB KV cache + 0.57 GiB runtime buffers) against 60.8 GiB usable on DCU K100-AI 64GB (海光深算), delivering ~1 tok/s decode.

How much VRAM does Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B need at 32K context?

At 32,768 context tokens, Qwen3.8 2.4T-A95B (Hybrid Linear/Mamba + MoE) allocates 3.29 GiB for KV cache and state, bringing total 4-bit VRAM to 1359.74 GiB (1460.01 GB decimal).

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