SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B TPS calculator

Open weights AI Singapore 8B parameters December 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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582 cards that can run it

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Smallest card that fits

Quadro 6000

6 GB · Q3_K_M · 17.4 tok/s

Fastest card

B200

424 tok/s · 180 GB

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

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582 cards match

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					Needs	Quantisation	Fit
424 tok/s 360–508	B200 NVIDIA	180 GB	8,000 GB/s	Jan 2024	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
424 tok/s 360–508	B300 NVIDIA	288 GB	8,000 GB/s	Sep 2025	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
338 tok/s 203–541 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI350X AMD	288 GB	8,190 GB/s	Jan 2025	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
338 tok/s 203–541 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI355X AMD	288 GB	8,190 GB/s	Jan 2025	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
270 tok/s 162–433 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300 AMD	128 GB	6,550 GB/s	Jan 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
259 tok/s 220–311	H200 NVL NVIDIA	141 GB	4,890 GB/s	Nov 2024	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
259 tok/s 220–311	H200 SXM 141 GB NVIDIA	141 GB	4,890 GB/s	Nov 2024	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
248 tok/s 149–396 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI325X AMD	256 GB	6,000 GB/s	Oct 2024	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
220 tok/s 132–352 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300A AMD	128 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
220 tok/s 132–352 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300X AMD	192 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
220 tok/s 132–352 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI308X AMD	192 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
209 tok/s 177–250	H100 NVL 94 GB NVIDIA	94 GB	3,940 GB/s	Mar 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
178 tok/s 151–213	H100 PCIe 96 GB NVIDIA	96 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
178 tok/s 151–213	H100 SXM5 80 GB NVIDIA	80 GB	3,360 GB/s	Oct 2022	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
178 tok/s 151–213	H100 SXM5 94 GB NVIDIA	94 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
178 tok/s 151–213	H100 SXM5 96 GB NVIDIA	96 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
178 tok/s 151–213	H800 SXM5 NVIDIA	80 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
141 tok/s 120–169	CMP 170HX 8 GB NVIDIA	8 GB	1,490 GB/s	Sep 2021	7.0 GB	Q5_K_M	Tight
135 tok/s 81–217 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI250 AMD	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Nov 2021	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
135 tok/s 81–217 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI250X AMD	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Nov 2021	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
120 tok/s 102–144	CMP 170HX 10 GB NVIDIA	10 GB	1,560 GB/s	Sep 2021	7.9 GB	Q6_K	Tight
113 tok/s 68–181 · low confidence	Data Center GPU Max 1550 Intel	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Jan 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
110 tok/s 66–177 · low confidence	Data Center GPU Max Subsystem Intel	128 GB	3,210 GB/s	Jan 2023	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
108 tok/s 92–130	A100 SXM4 80 GB NVIDIA	80 GB	2,040 GB/s	Nov 2020	9.8 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
108 tok/s 92–130	A100X NVIDIA	80 GB	2,040 GB/s	Jun 2021	9.8 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: AI Singapore
Organisation type: Government
Country: Singapore
Published: 19 December 2024
Authors: AI Singapore

What it does

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

Domain: Language
Task: Question answering, Chat, Language modeling/generation
Approach: Self-supervised learning
Base model: Llama 3.1-8B
Numerical format: BF16

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: 8B
Training data: 200,000,000,000 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: 1.2 × 10²⁴ FLOP
How it was established: Hardware,Operation counting
Fine-tuning compute: 9.4 × 10²¹ FLOP

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 H200 SXM
Chips used: 64
Wall-clock time: 136 hours
Power draw: 88.1 kW

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: Open source
Hugging Face: aisingapore

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: SEA-LION V3
Last updated: 28 November 2025

The extremes

The ten fastest GPUs that run SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B

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 SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B

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

Hardware requirements in practice

Minimum card

Quadro 6000

Memory needed

5.1 GB

Fastest

424 tok/s

SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B is small enough at 8B parameters that hardware is rarely the obstacle — 582 of the cards we track can run it, including cards several years old.

The entry point is the Quadro 6000: 6 GB of memory, Q3_K_M compression, roughly 17.4 tokens per second.

At the other end, a B200 generates roughly 424 tokens per second on it, on the strength of 8,000 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

What this model is

SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B was published by AI Singapore, in Singapore, in December 2024. The organisation is categorised as government.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing question answering, Chat, Language modeling/generation.

It is derived from Llama 3.1-8B rather than trained from scratch, which is the usual way a specialised model is produced.

The weights are published, so it can be downloaded and run on your own hardware indefinitely, offline, with no account attached. It is published under the aisingapore organisation on Hugging Face.

What decides the speed

The median result is around 23.8 tokens per second; 551 cards produce text faster than most people read it.

Being dense, it reads all of itself per token, which is why the ordering by speed below follows the ordering by memory bandwidth so closely.

Its attention layout is on file, so the memory figures are computed exactly rather than approximated.

What went into building it

Training it took roughly 1.2 × 10²⁴ FLOP of computation, on NVIDIA H200 SXM — a measure of what producing the model cost, not of how fast it answers.

It was trained on about 200,000,000,000 tokens of text.

Step by step

How to choose a GPU for SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B

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

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Check what it needs before anything else

Every card here has been checked against SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B — around 5.1 GB at Q3_K_M. Capacity is the gate — a card either holds it or it does not.
02

Decide how long your conversations run

Longer conversations cost memory on top of what the weights need. Move the slider to your real working length before trusting any row for SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B.
03

Set a quality floor

Compression is what makes SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B fit smaller cards, at some cost in accuracy — Q3_K_M on the smallest card that fits. A minimum quality removes the ones that go too far.
04

Rank by throughput rather than spec sheet

The speed ordering for SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B is effectively an ordering by memory bandwidth, which is why the B200 tops it at 424 tok/s.
05

Read the fit column last

The fit column separates cards that just manage SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B from those with room to spare. Buy for the second if the context might grow.
06

Open the card you have settled on

Each card page repeats this sweep for every model we hold. It answers what else the hardware is good for, beyond SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B.

Answers

SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B — common questions

Who created SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B?

SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B was published by AI Singapore, based in Singapore, categorised as government.

When was SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B released?

SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B was published in December 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 SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B used for?

SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B works in Language, and is recorded as handling question answering, Chat, Language modeling/generation. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

Where can I download SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B?

Its weights are published under the aisingapore 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 SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B?

Around 1.2 × 10²⁴ FLOP, on NVIDIA H200 SXM. 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 SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B if it does not fit in my GPU?

Only by offloading, which is usually a false economy: the part in system memory drags the whole thing down — the nearest miss we calculate is short by 1.5 GB. Our figures for SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B assume it is fully resident.

Would two GPUs run SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B faster?

Capacity adds across cards; throughput does not. Since 582 of the cards we track already hold SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B on their own, a second card is rarely the answer here.

Why does the quantisation differ between cards for SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B?

A larger card holds a more accurate copy. Across the cards that run SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B, 4 compression levels are used; the floor control above pins it to one.

How accurate are these SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B speed estimates?

These are estimates with real error bars. The fastest result here, 360–508 tok/s on the B200, could reasonably land anywhere in its published range depending on which runtime you use.

What GPU do I need to run SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B?

The smallest card in our catalogue that holds SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B is the Quadro 6000, with 6 GB of memory. It runs the model at Q3_K_M using about 5.1 GB, and produces roughly 17.4 tokens per second. 582 cards in total can run it.

How fast is SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B on a GPU?

It depends on the card. The quickest we calculate is a B200 at about 424 tokens per second; the slowest that still runs it manages considerably less. Reading speed is around ten tokens per second, and 551 of the cards that can run SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B clear that.

How much VRAM does SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B need?

About 5.1 GB at Q3_K_M 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 SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B on a 8 GB GPU?

Yes. A CMP 170HX 8 GB with 8 GB runs it at Q5_K_M, using about 7.0 GB and generating roughly 141 tokens per second — a tight fit.

Can I run SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B on a 12 GB GPU?

Yes. A GeForce RTX 3080 Ti with 12 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 9.8 GB and generating roughly 48.3 tokens per second — a tight fit.

Can I run SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B on a 16 GB GPU?

Yes. A Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB with 16 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 9.8 GB and generating roughly 59.8 tokens per second — a comfortable fit.

Can I run SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B on a 24 GB GPU?

Yes. A GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 with 24 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 9.8 GB and generating roughly 70.9 tokens per second — a comfortable fit.

Is SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B open source?

Its weights are published, so SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B 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 SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B have?

SEA-LION V3 Llama3.1 8B has 8B parameters. 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.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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