Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B TPS calculator

Open weights Typhoon / SCB 10X 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.

Calculated for this model

582 cards that can run it

818 cards we hold specifications for

Smallest card that fits

Quadro 6000

6 GB · Q3_K_M · 17.4 tok/s

Fastest card

B200

424 tok/s · 180 GB

Which GPUs can run Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B?

Set the inputs, read the answer

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

Hides cards that would only fit the model by compressing it below this point.

582 cards match

Calculating
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
Typhoon / SCB 10X
Organisation type
Industry
Country
Thailand
Published
19 December 2024
Authors
Kunat Pipatanakul, Potsawee Manakul, Natapong Nitarach, Warit Sirichotedumrong, Surapon Nonesung, Teetouch Jaknamon, Parinthapat Pengpun, Pittawat Taveekitworachai, Adisai Na-Thalang, Sittipong Sripaisarnmongkol, Krisanapong Jirayoot, Kasima Tharnpipitchai

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, Quantitative reasoning
Base model
Llama 3.1-8B

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

8B

Training data
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.

How it was established
Operation counting
Fine-tuning compute
1.2 × 10²¹ FLOP

6 FLOP / parameter / token * 25*10^9 tokens [see dataset size] * 8 * 10^9 parameters = 1.2e+21 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 H100 SXM5 80GB
Chips used
8
Power draw
11.0 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
Unreleased

llama 3.1 license https://huggingface.co/scb10x/llama3.1-typhoon2-8b

Hugging Face
scb10x

How it is classified

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

Record confidence
Likely

Sources

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

Reference
Typhoon 2: A Family of Open Text and Multimodal Thai Large Language Models
Last updated
28 November 2025

The extremes

What the numbers mean

What it takes to run this model

Minimum card

Quadro 6000

Memory needed

5.1 GB

Fastest

424 tok/s

Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 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 smallest card that holds it is the Quadro 6000 with 6 GB, running it at Q3_K_M and producing around 17.4 tokens per second.

A B200 is the fastest we calculate for it: about 424 tokens per second, from 8,000 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

What this model is

Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B was published by Typhoon / SCB 10X, in Thailand, in December 2024. It comes out of industry.

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

It builds on Llama 3.1-8B, which is why it shares that model's general shape and size.

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 scb10x 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.

Step by step

How to choose a GPU for Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B

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

  1. 01

    Read the memory figure first

    Every card here has been checked against Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B — around 5.1 GB at Q3_K_M. Capacity is the gate — a card either holds it or it does not.

  2. 02

    Decide how long your conversations run

    Set the context to what you will actually use. The cache grows with the conversation, and it is the usual reason Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B stops fitting a card that seemed fine.

  3. 03

    Choose how far you will compress it

    The quantisation column varies by card, because a bigger card holds a more accurate copy of Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B — Q3_K_M on the smallest card that fits. Set a floor to hold the comparison at one level.

  4. 04

    Sort by speed

    Ranking by tokens per second for Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B follows memory bandwidth, not core counts, which is why the B200 tops it at 424 tok/s.

  5. 05

    Read the fit column last

    Tight means Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B loads and works, with no room to raise the context later. Comfortable means you can. The difference matters more than a few tokens per second.

  6. 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 Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B.

Answers

Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B — common questions

01

How much VRAM does Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 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.

02

Can I run Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 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.

03

Can I run Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 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.

04

Can I run Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 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.

05

Can I run Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 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.

06

Is Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B open source?

Its weights are published, so Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 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.

07

How many parameters does Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B have?

Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B has 8B parameters. 8B. 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.

08

Who created Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B?

Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B was published by Typhoon / SCB 10X, based in Thailand, categorised as industry.

09

When was Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B released?

Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 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.

10

What is Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B used for?

Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B works in Language, and is recorded as handling language modeling/generation, Question answering, Quantitative reasoning. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

11

Where can I download Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B?

Its weights are published under the scb10x organisation on Hugging Face. We do not host model files — this site calculates what hardware is needed to run them.

12

Can I run Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B if it does not fit in my GPU?

It can be split between the card and system memory, but Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B generates painfully slowly that way — the nearest miss we calculate is short by 1.5 GB. Nothing on this page assumes offloading.

13

Would two GPUs run Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B faster?

Capacity adds across cards; throughput does not. Since 582 of the cards we track already hold Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B on their own, a second card is rarely the answer here.

14

Why does the quantisation differ between cards for Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B?

A larger card holds a more accurate copy. Across the cards that run Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B, 4 compression levels are used; the floor control above pins it to one.

15

How accurate are these Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B speed estimates?

They are calculated from specifications rather than measured, and each carries a range — 360–508 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.

16

What GPU do I need to run Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B?

The smallest card in our catalogue that holds Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 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.

17

How fast is Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 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 Llama 3.1 Typhoon 2 8B clear that.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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