Nous Hermes 1.0 needs ~23.7 GB VRAM. NVIDIA A40 48GB has 48.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~99 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.
Select quantization to explore
Fit status
Runs well
Decode
98.9 tok/s
TTFT
1958 ms
Safe context
16K
Memory
23.7 GB / 48.0 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 | 98.9 tok/s | 1068 ms | 16K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 98.9 tok/s | 1958 ms | 16K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 98.9 tok/s | 2848 ms | 16K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 98.9 tok/s | 2314 ms | 16K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 98.9 tok/s | 3560 ms | 16K |
How Nous Hermes 1.0 (9B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA A40 48GB (48.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 3.5 GB | Low | B62 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 4.4 GB | Low | B62 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 5.0 GB | Medium | B62 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 5.5 GB | Medium | B62 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 6.5 GB | High | B63 |
Q6_K | 6 | 7.4 GB | High | B63 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 9.6 GB | Very High | B63 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 18.5 GB | Maximum | B66 |
Copy-paste commands to run Nous Hermes 1.0 on your machine.
Run
lms load Nous-Hermes-1.0 && lms server startYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct | 30.5B | S | 82.1 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 27B | S | 35.6 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 27B | S | 35.7 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 35B A3B | 35B | S | 69 tok/s | |
| Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct | 30B | S | 84.9 tok/s |
Yes, NVIDIA A40 48GB can run Nous Hermes 1.0 with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 98.9 tok/s.
Nous Hermes 1.0 (9B parameters) requires approximately 23.7 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Nous Hermes 1.0 is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On NVIDIA A40 48GB, Nous Hermes 1.0 achieves approximately 98.9 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1958ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Nous Hermes 1.0 on NVIDIA A40 48GB receives a A grade with 98.9 tok/s and 16K context.
On NVIDIA A40 48GB, Nous Hermes 1.0 can safely use up to 16K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 16K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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