Can Yi 1.5 9B Chat run on NVIDIA H100 80GB?

YES — Runs Great

C46Usable
Estimated from fit model

Yi 1.5 9B Chat needs ~15.7 GB VRAM. NVIDIA H100 80GB has 80.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~126 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: HighStack: BasicBottleneck: Balanced
Share:

Operating mode

Choose the run profile you care about

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.

Capabilities:

Select quantization to explore

Q4_K_M (Medium quality) 15.7 GB, 126.0 tok/s, Runs well
15.7 GB required80.0 GB available
20% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

126.0 tok/s

TTFT

1537 ms

Safe context

991K

Memory

15.7 GB / 80.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights5.5 GB
KV Cache1.1 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom8.0 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsYi 1.5 9B Chat on NVIDIA H100 80GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>What is local AI inference?
Local AI inference means running an AI language model directly on your own hardware — your laptop, desktop, or server — instead of sending requests to a remote cloud API. When you run inference locally the model weights are loaded into your GPU or unified memory. Each token you generate requires reading those weights from memory, so memory bandwidth is the main bottleneck for decode speed. Key benefits of running locally: - Full privacy: your prompts never leave your machine - No per-token cost or rate limits - Works offline once the model is downloaded - Latency depends only on your hardware
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>How much VRAM do I need?
It depends on the model size and quantization level. A rough rule of thumb: Model size Q4 (4-bit) Q8 (8-bit) FP16 7B params ~4.3 GB ~7.5 GB ~14 GB 13B params ~7.9 GB ~13.9 GB ~26 GB 70B params ~42.7 GB ~74.9 GB ~140 GB Most people use 4-bit quantization (Q4_K_M) which gives 90-95% of full quality at a fraction of the memory. A 24 GB GPU can comfortably run most 7B-13B models.
Estimated: 126.0 tok/s decode · 1.5s TTFT (warm) · 315 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

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.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatCRuns well126.0 tok/s838 ms991K
CodingCRuns well126.0 tok/s1537 ms991K
Agentic CodingCRuns well126.0 tok/s2235 ms991K
ReasoningCRuns well126.0 tok/s1816 ms991K
RAGCRuns well126.0 tok/s2794 ms991K

Quantization options

How Yi 1.5 9B Chat (9B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA H100 80GB (80.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
3.5 GB
LowD40
Q3_K_S
3
4.4 GB
LowD40
NVFP4
4
5.0 GB
MediumD40
Q4_K_M
4
5.5 GB
MediumD40
Q5_K_M
5
6.5 GB
HighD40
Q6_K
6
7.4 GB
HighD40
Q8_0
8
9.6 GB
Very HighC40
F16Best for your GPU
16
18.5 GB
MaximumC41

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Yi 1.5 9B Chat on your machine.

Run

lms load hf-bartowski--yi-1-5-9b-chat-gguf && lms server start

Upgrade-Optionen

Hardware, die Yi 1.5 9B Chat gut ausführt

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA H100 80GB run Yi 1.5 9B Chat?

Yes, NVIDIA H100 80GB can run Yi 1.5 9B Chat with a C grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 126.0 tok/s.

How much VRAM does Yi 1.5 9B Chat need?

Yi 1.5 9B Chat (9B parameters) requires approximately 15.7 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.

What is the best quantization for Yi 1.5 9B Chat?

The recommended quantization for Yi 1.5 9B Chat is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.

What speed will Yi 1.5 9B Chat run at on NVIDIA H100 80GB?

On NVIDIA H100 80GB, Yi 1.5 9B Chat achieves approximately 126.0 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1537ms using Q4_K_M quantization.

Can NVIDIA H100 80GB run Yi 1.5 9B Chat for coding?

For coding workloads, Yi 1.5 9B Chat on NVIDIA H100 80GB receives a C grade with 126.0 tok/s and 991K context.

What context window can Yi 1.5 9B Chat use on NVIDIA H100 80GB?

On NVIDIA H100 80GB, Yi 1.5 9B Chat can safely use up to 991K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.

See all results for NVIDIA H100 80GBSee all hardware for Yi 1.5 9B Chat
Embed this result

Paste this snippet into any page to show a live fit card.

<iframe src="https://willitrunai.com/embed/hf-bartowski--yi-1-5-9b-chat-gguf-on-h100-80gb" width="400" height="180" frameborder="0" style="border:none;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden;" title="Will It Run AI — fit result"></iframe>

Preview: