MPT-30B-Instruct needs ~54.2 GB VRAM. NVIDIA H100 80GB has 80.0 GB. With Q5_K_M quantization, expect ~133 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
132.9 tok/s
TTFT
1457 ms
Safe context
8K
Memory
54.2 GB / 80.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | A | Runs well | 132.9 tok/s | 795 ms | 8K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 132.9 tok/s | 1457 ms | 8K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs with offload | 132.9 tok/s | 2119 ms | 8K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 132.9 tok/s | 1722 ms | 8K |
| RAG | A | Runs with offload | 132.9 tok/s | 2649 ms | 8K |
How MPT-30B-Instruct (30B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA H100 80GB (80.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 11.7 GB | Low | B61 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 14.7 GB | Low | B62 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 16.8 GB | Medium | B62 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 18.3 GB | Medium | B62 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 21.6 GB | High | B63 |
Q6_K | 6 | 24.6 GB | High | B63 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 32.1 GB | Very High | B65 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 61.5 GB | Maximum | B68 |
Copy-paste commands to run MPT-30B-Instruct on your machine.
Run
docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \
--hf-repo "mosaicml/mpt-30b-instruct" \
--hf-file "mpt-30b-instruct-Q5_K_M.gguf" \
-c 4096 -ngl 99Your hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Devstral 2 123B Instruct | 123B | A | 28.9 tok/s | |
 Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct | 30.5B | S | 425.5 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 122B A10B | 122B | S | 85.5 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 35B A3B | 35B | S | 357.6 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 35B A3B | 35B | S | 388.9 tok/s |
Yes, NVIDIA H100 80GB can run MPT-30B-Instruct with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 132.9 tok/s.
MPT-30B-Instruct (30B parameters) requires approximately 54.2 GB of memory with Q5_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for MPT-30B-Instruct is Q5_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On NVIDIA H100 80GB, MPT-30B-Instruct achieves approximately 132.9 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1457ms using Q5_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, MPT-30B-Instruct on NVIDIA H100 80GB receives a A grade with 132.9 tok/s and 8K context.
On NVIDIA H100 80GB, MPT-30B-Instruct can safely use up to 8K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 8K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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