Falcon 2 11B TPS calculator

Open weights Technology Innovation Institute 11B parameters May 2024

Each card below is assessed against this model at the context length and minimum quality you choose. Speed is an estimate for a single request, calculated from the card's memory bandwidth and the size of the model once compressed.

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509 cards that can run it

818 cards we hold specifications for

Smallest card that fits

Xeon Phi 5110P

8 GB · IQ4_XS · 19.7 tok/s

Fastest card

B200

308 tok/s · 180 GB

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Context length tokens

A longer conversation needs more memory, which can push this model off smaller cards.

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509 cards match

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					Needs	Quantisation	Fit
308 tok/s 185–493 · low confidence	B200 NVIDIA	180 GB	8,000 GB/s	Jan 2024	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
308 tok/s 185–493 · low confidence	B300 NVIDIA	288 GB	8,000 GB/s	Sep 2025	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
246 tok/s 148–394 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI350X AMD	288 GB	8,190 GB/s	Jan 2025	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
246 tok/s 148–394 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI355X AMD	288 GB	8,190 GB/s	Jan 2025	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
197 tok/s 118–315 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300 AMD	128 GB	6,550 GB/s	Jan 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
188 tok/s 113–301 · low confidence	H200 NVL NVIDIA	141 GB	4,890 GB/s	Nov 2024	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
188 tok/s 113–301 · low confidence	H200 SXM 141 GB NVIDIA	141 GB	4,890 GB/s	Nov 2024	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
180 tok/s 108–288 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI325X AMD	256 GB	6,000 GB/s	Oct 2024	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
160 tok/s 96–256 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300A AMD	128 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
160 tok/s 96–256 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300X AMD	192 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
160 tok/s 96–256 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI308X AMD	192 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
152 tok/s 91–243 · low confidence	H100 NVL 94 GB NVIDIA	94 GB	3,940 GB/s	Mar 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
141 tok/s 85–225 · low confidence	CMP 170HX 8 GB NVIDIA	8 GB	1,490 GB/s	Sep 2021	6.7 GB	IQ4_XS	Tight
129 tok/s 78–207 · low confidence	H100 PCIe 96 GB NVIDIA	96 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
129 tok/s 78–207 · low confidence	H100 SXM5 80 GB NVIDIA	80 GB	3,360 GB/s	Oct 2022	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
129 tok/s 78–207 · low confidence	H100 SXM5 94 GB NVIDIA	94 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
129 tok/s 78–207 · low confidence	H100 SXM5 96 GB NVIDIA	96 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
129 tok/s 78–207 · low confidence	H800 SXM5 NVIDIA	80 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
107 tok/s 64–172 · low confidence	CMP 170HX 10 GB NVIDIA	10 GB	1,560 GB/s	Sep 2021	8.6 GB	Q5_K_M	Tight
98.5 tok/s 59–158 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI250 AMD	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Nov 2021	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
98.5 tok/s 59–158 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI250X AMD	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Nov 2021	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
82.1 tok/s 49–131 · low confidence	Data Center GPU Max 1550 Intel	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Jan 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
80.3 tok/s 48–129 · low confidence	Data Center GPU Max Subsystem Intel	128 GB	3,210 GB/s	Jan 2023	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
78.6 tok/s 47–126 · low confidence	A100 SXM4 80 GB NVIDIA	80 GB	2,040 GB/s	Nov 2020	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
78.6 tok/s 47–126 · low confidence	A100X NVIDIA	80 GB	2,040 GB/s	Jun 2021	12.5 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable

Speeds are estimates for a single request — one conversation at a time — calculated from memory bandwidth, model size and quantisation. Real throughput varies with the inference runtime and its version. Figures published by hardware vendors measure many simultaneous requests and are much higher.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation: Technology Innovation Institute
Organisation type: Government
Country: United Arab Emirates
Published: 9 May 2024

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain: Language
Task: Language modeling/generation, Question answering

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters: 11B
Training data: 5,500,000,000,000 tokens

Training compute

The arithmetic performed to train the model, measured in floating-point operations. It is a measure of what the training run cost, not of how fast the finished model answers you.

Training compute: 3.6 × 10²³ FLOP
How it was established: Operation counting

The training run

What it physically took to train: which chips, how many, for how long, and what that drew from the wall.

Training hardware: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
Wall-clock time: 1,400 hours (58.3 days)

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights: Open — downloadable
Model access: Open weights (restricted use)
Training code: Unreleased
Hugging Face: tiiuae

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Likely above 10²³ FLOP: Yes
Record confidence: Confident

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference: Falcon2-11B
Last updated: 28 November 2025

The extremes

The ten fastest GPUs that run Falcon 2 11B

Ranked by estimated tokens per second, newest card first where speeds tie. Because generation is bound by memory bandwidth, this ordering follows bandwidth rather than any gaming benchmark.

The smallest GPUs that still run Falcon 2 11B

The cheapest route in, by memory capacity. A tight fit runs the model but leaves nothing spare for a longer conversation.

What the numbers mean

The hardware side

Minimum card

Xeon Phi 5110P

Memory needed

6.7 GB

Fastest

308 tok/s

Falcon 2 11B is small enough at 11B parameters that hardware is rarely the obstacle — 509 of the cards we track can run it, including cards several years old.

At the low end, a Xeon Phi 5110P handles it — 8 GB, at IQ4_XS, for about 19.7 tokens per second.

Top of the range is the B200, at roughly 308 tokens per second thanks to 8,000 GB/s of bandwidth.

What this model is

Falcon 2 11B was published by Technology Innovation Institute, in United Arab Emirates, in May 2024. government is the category the publisher falls under.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing language modeling/generation, Question answering.

The weights being open is what puts this page in the calculator rather than only in the catalogue: it is a model you can actually hold. It is published under the tiiuae organisation on Hugging Face.

What decides the speed

The median result is around 21.2 tokens per second; 460 cards produce text faster than most people read it.

It is a dense model, so every parameter is read for every token produced. That makes speed track memory bandwidth almost exactly — a card with twice the bandwidth generates roughly twice as fast.

Without the attention layout on record, the memory column is an approximation. It is close enough to choose hardware by, and least reliable at long context.

How it was trained

The training run consumed about 3.6 × 10²³ FLOP, on NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB. That figure describes the cost of creating it and has no bearing on how quickly it generates text.

It was trained on about 5,500,000,000,000 tokens of text.

Step by step

How to choose a GPU for Falcon 2 11B

The table above has already assessed every card we hold specifications for against this model. Getting to your answer takes six steps.

01

Start from the memory column

The table lists every card that can hold Falcon 2 11B — around 6.7 GB at IQ4_XS. That figure, not the card's headline performance, is what decides whether it runs.
02

Match the context to your actual use

Set the context to what you will actually use. The cache grows with the conversation, and it is the usual reason Falcon 2 11B stops fitting a card that seemed fine.
03

Decide how much compression you will accept

Compression is what makes Falcon 2 11B fit smaller cards, at some cost in accuracy — IQ4_XS on the smallest card that fits. A minimum quality removes the ones that go too far.
04

Compare tokens per second, not specifications

Ranking by tokens per second for Falcon 2 11B follows memory bandwidth, not core counts, which is why the B200 tops it at 308 tok/s.
05

Read the fit column last

A tight fit runs Falcon 2 11B but leaves nothing spare for a longer conversation; comfortable has headroom. If you expect to grow the context, buy for comfortable.
06

See what else that card runs

Following a card through to its own page shows every other model it can hold, which is the question that follows once Falcon 2 11B is settled.

Answers

Falcon 2 11B — common questions

Is Falcon 2 11B open source?

Its weights are published, so Falcon 2 11B can be downloaded and run on your own hardware. Note that open weights is not the same as open source in the full sense — it says nothing about the training data, the training code, or the commercial terms attached.

How many parameters does Falcon 2 11B have?

Falcon 2 11B has 11B parameters. 11B. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

Who created Falcon 2 11B?

Falcon 2 11B was published by Technology Innovation Institute, based in United Arab Emirates, categorised as government.

When was Falcon 2 11B released?

Falcon 2 11B was published in May 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

What is Falcon 2 11B used for?

Falcon 2 11B works in Language, and is recorded as handling language modeling/generation, Question answering. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

Where can I download Falcon 2 11B?

Its weights are published under the tiiuae organisation on Hugging Face. We do not host model files — this site calculates what hardware is needed to run them.

How much compute was used to train Falcon 2 11B?

Around 3.6 × 10²³ FLOP, on NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB. That measures what producing the model cost and says nothing about how quickly it answers once trained — inference speed comes from memory bandwidth, not from the training budget.

Can I run Falcon 2 11B if it does not fit in my GPU?

Partly. Layers that do not fit sit in system memory and run at a fraction of the speed, so a mostly-offloaded Falcon 2 11B is rarely worth using — the nearest miss we calculate is short by 2.0 GB. Every figure here assumes the whole model is on the card.

Would two GPUs run Falcon 2 11B faster?

Two cards buy memory rather than speed. That matters for Falcon 2 11B only if one card cannot hold it — 509 can, so a second adds little.

Why does the quantisation differ between cards for Falcon 2 11B?

Because capacity varies, so does how hard Falcon 2 11B has to be squeezed — 4 distinct levels appear in the table above. Set a minimum quality to compare at one.

How accurate are these Falcon 2 11B speed estimates?

They are calculated from specifications rather than measured, and each carries a range — 185–493 tok/s on the B200, for instance. The same model and card vary by thirty to fifty per cent depending on the inference software and its version.

What GPU do I need to run Falcon 2 11B?

The smallest card in our catalogue that holds Falcon 2 11B is the Xeon Phi 5110P, with 8 GB of memory. It runs the model at IQ4_XS using about 6.7 GB, and produces roughly 19.7 tokens per second. 509 cards in total can run it.

How fast is Falcon 2 11B on a GPU?

It depends on the card. The quickest we calculate is a B200 at about 308 tokens per second; the slowest that still runs it manages considerably less. Reading speed is around ten tokens per second, and 460 of the cards that can run Falcon 2 11B clear that.

How much VRAM does Falcon 2 11B need?

About 6.7 GB at IQ4_XS compression, which is what the smallest card that runs it uses. Less compression needs more: the figures in the memory column above are recalculated for each card, because each one holds the least-compressed version it can.

Can I run Falcon 2 11B on a 8 GB GPU?

Yes. A CMP 170HX 8 GB with 8 GB runs it at IQ4_XS, using about 6.7 GB and generating roughly 141 tokens per second — a tight fit.

Can I run Falcon 2 11B on a 12 GB GPU?

Yes. A GeForce RTX 3080 Ti with 12 GB runs it at Q6_K, using about 9.9 GB and generating roughly 51.0 tokens per second — a tight fit.

Can I run Falcon 2 11B on a 16 GB GPU?

Yes. A Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB with 16 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 12.5 GB and generating roughly 43.5 tokens per second — a tight fit.

Can I run Falcon 2 11B on a 24 GB GPU?

Yes. A GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 with 24 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 12.5 GB and generating roughly 51.6 tokens per second — a comfortable fit.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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