Can the NVIDIA H100 NVL run dots.llm1 Instruct?

Yes, it runs well (tight fit)

Runs well (tight fit). At Q3_K_M it needs about 83.6 GB of 94.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 182 tok/s.

Best quant: Q3_K_M
Generation speed: 182 tok/s
Prompt processing: 6,171 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 0.3 s
Largest safe context: 18K

Best app to run it on the NVIDIA H100 NVL

On Linux

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open dots.llm1 Instruct in LM Studio

llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.
Ollama Runs the Hugging Face GGUF with ollama run hf.co/…

On Windows

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open dots.llm1 Instruct in LM Studio

llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.
Ollama Runs the Hugging Face GGUF with ollama run hf.co/…

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download dots.llm1 Instruct

Recommended for the NVIDIA H100 NVL: Q3_K_M. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q3_K_M files (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/unsloth/dots.llm1.inst-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/dots.llm1.inst-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from rednote, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/dots-studio/dots.llm1.inst (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Links checked 3 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 63Good quality (B) · 63 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q3_K_M, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Runs welltight fit: How well it runs on the NVIDIA H100 NVL: speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.	28.7 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.	24.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	15.0 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	15.0 / 15
Match score	82.7 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the NVIDIA H100 NVL

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	70.7 GB	94.0 GB	204 tok/s	Runs great	53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	83.6 GB	94.0 GB	182 tok/s	Runs welltight fit	63Good quality (B) · 63 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	101 GB	94.0 GB	52.0 tok/s	Runs welloffloads to RAM	72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	115 GB	94.0 GB	—	Won't run	73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 9/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	131 GB	94.0 GB	—	Won't run	75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 10/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	165 GB	94.0 GB	—	Won't run	76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 10/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	299 GB	94.0 GB	—	Won't run	76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 10/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (256 GB) Q6_K · 37.2 tok/s · Runs great
73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M2 Ultra (192 GB) Q5_K_M · 42.5 tok/s · Runs great
75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB) Q6_K · 37.2 tok/s · Runs great
63Good quality (B) · 63 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Max (128 GB) Q3_K_M · 45.4 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
63Good quality (B) · 63 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Q3_K_M · 122 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GB10 (128 GB) Q4_K_M · 22.2 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Quick answers

How much memory does dots.llm1 Instruct need on the NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 83.6 GB. The NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB has 94.0 GB usable.

How fast is dots.llm1 Instruct on the NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB?

About 182 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of dots.llm1 Instruct should I use on the NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB?

Q3_K_M. Of the versions that fit, it is the one that runs best; when two run equally well, the check prefers the higher-rated one.

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.