Can the NVIDIA A800 40GB Active run LFM2.5 230M?

Yes, it runs great

Runs great. At F16 it needs about 3.1 GB of 40.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 1,947 tok/s.

Best quant: F16
Generation speed: 1,947 tok/s
Prompt processing: 61,043 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 0.3 s
Largest safe context: 125K

Best app to run it on the NVIDIA A800 40GB Active

On Linux

Inference server · runs on vLLM

The full model fits in GPU memory at 8-bit, so it can batch many requests: best for serving a team or an app.

vllm serve LiquidAI/LFM2.5-230M

LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
SGLang The full model fits in GPU memory at 8-bit, so it can batch many requests: best for serving a team or an app.

On Windows

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

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

Open LFM2.5 230M 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 LFM2.5 230M

Recommended for the NVIDIA A800 40GB Active: F16. 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 F16 file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-230M-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-230M-GGUF:BF16

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-230M (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Links checked 2 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 10Basic quality (D) · 10 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 46/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at F16, 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 great: How well it runs on the NVIDIA A800 40GB Active: 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.	4.5 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.	25.0 / 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.	1.8 / 15
Match score	46.3 / 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 A800 40GB Active

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	2.8 GB	40.0 GB	13,630 tok/s	Runs great	7Basic quality (D) · 7 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 44/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	2.8 GB	40.0 GB	10,729 tok/s	Runs great	8Basic quality (D) · 8 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 45/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	2.8 GB	40.0 GB	8,299 tok/s	Runs great	9Basic quality (D) · 9 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 45/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	2.8 GB	40.0 GB	6,856 tok/s	Runs great	9Basic quality (D) · 9 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 46/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	2.9 GB	40.0 GB	5,758 tok/s	Runs great	9Basic quality (D) · 9 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 46/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	2.9 GB	40.0 GB	4,225 tok/s	Runs great	10Basic quality (D) · 10 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 46/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	3.1 GB	40.0 GB	1,947 tok/s	Runs great	10Basic quality (D) · 10 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 46/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (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

10Basic quality (D) · 10 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 48/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 F16 · 341 tok/s · Runs great
10Basic quality (D) · 10 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 48/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M1 (16 GB) F16 · 73.6 tok/s · Runs great
10Basic quality (D) · 10 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 48/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 (16 GB) F16 · 129 tok/s · Runs great
10Basic quality (D) · 10 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 47/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 (24 GB) F16 · 129 tok/s · Runs great
10Basic quality (D) · 10 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 47/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Pro (24 GB) F16 · 294 tok/s · Runs great
10Basic quality (D) · 10 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 47/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Intel Arc B580 F16 · 436 tok/s · Runs great

Quick answers

How much memory does LFM2.5 230M need on the NVIDIA A800 40GB Active?

At F16 it needs about 3.1 GB. The NVIDIA A800 40GB Active has 40.0 GB usable.

How fast is LFM2.5 230M on the NVIDIA A800 40GB Active?

About 1,947 tok/s at F16, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of LFM2.5 230M should I use on the NVIDIA A800 40GB Active?

F16. 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.