Nous Hermes 1.0 needs ~21.3 GB VRAM. NVIDIA L4 24GB has 24.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~36 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
Tight fit
Decode
35.5 tok/s
TTFT
5451 ms
Safe context
16K
Memory
21.3 GB / 24.0 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 | 35.5 tok/s | 2973 ms | 16K |
| Coding | A | Tight fit | 35.5 tok/s | 5451 ms | 16K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 13.2 tok/s | 21335 ms | 16K |
| Reasoning | A | Tight fit | 35.5 tok/s | 6442 ms | 16K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 13.2 tok/s | 26669 ms | 16K |
How Nous Hermes 1.0 (9B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA L4 24GB (24.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 3.5 GB | Low | B65 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 4.4 GB | Low | B66 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 5.0 GB | Medium | B66 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 5.5 GB | Medium | B66 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 6.5 GB | High | B67 |
Q6_K | 6 | 7.4 GB | High | B67 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 9.6 GB | Very High | B69 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 18.5 GB | Maximum | A70 |
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 | 29.5 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 27B | S | 12.8 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 27B | S | 12.8 tok/s | |
| Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct | 30B | S | 30.5 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 35B A3B | 35B | A | 17.7 tok/s |
Yes, NVIDIA L4 24GB can run Nous Hermes 1.0 with a A grade (Tight fit). Expected decode speed: 35.5 tok/s.
Nous Hermes 1.0 (9B parameters) requires approximately 21.3 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 L4 24GB, Nous Hermes 1.0 achieves approximately 35.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 5451ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Nous Hermes 1.0 on NVIDIA L4 24GB receives a A grade with 35.5 tok/s and 16K context.
On NVIDIA L4 24GB, 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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