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NVIDIA RTX 409024GBllama.cpp v0.27L2 Cross-framework verified

This page aggregates 1 real-world runs of Llama-3-8B-Instruct (Q4_K_S) on NVIDIA RTX 4090 with llama.cpp, contributed by 1 independent source platforms; metrics are averages of published measurements.

134.4 tok/s

Decode

Decode speed

594.59 tok/s

Prefill

Prefill speed

1.77 s

TTFT

Time to first token

15.2 GB

VRAM

VRAM usage

L2 Cross-framework verified

1

Measured runs

1

Independent sources

Other

Source platforms

Today

Last verified

Performance

  1. llama.cpp · Q4_K_M Decode 146.97 · Prefill 902.58 ·
  2. llama.cpp · Q4_K_S (current)Decode 134.4 · Prefill 594.59 ·
  3. Strata · Q2_K Decode 254.93 · Prefill 1284 ·
  4. llama.cpp · Q8_0 Decode 91.4 · Prefill 685.5 ·
  5. llama.cpp · Q5_K_M Decode 133.3 · Prefill 999.8 ·

Core figures

Decode (avg)
134.4 tok/s
Prefill (avg)
594.59 tok/s
TTFT (avg)
1.77 s
VRAM (avg)
15.2 GB
MTP acceptance rate
—
TTFB
1.08 GB
Power draw
355.5 W

Configuration

Member-level fields are taken from the most recent run

Model
Llama-3-8B-Instruct
Quantization
Q4_K_S
Framework
llama.cpp
Version
v0.27
Context length
32768 tokens
Batch size
512
GPU layers
20
Flash Attention
On

Hardware

Nominal and measured figures are shown side by side; whether it runs is the reader's call

GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4090
Nominal VRAM
24 GB
Measured VRAM (avg)
15.2 GB
OS
Ubuntu 22.04
Driver
565.57
CUDA
12.4
Power draw
355.5 W

Sources & evidence

1 measured records in total, each traceable to its original source

  1. L2 Cross-framework verifiedOtherOriginal link Verified on 2026-10-18

    v0.27 · Ubuntu 22.04 · CUDA 12.4 · 32768 ctx

    134.4 tok/s

    Decode

    594.59 tok/s

    Prefill

    1.77 s

    TTFT

    15.2 GB

    VRAM

    —

    MTP

    355.5 W

    Power draw

    L2 batch seed 2026-10-18: llama.cpp on hw_id=1 running model_id=69 at Q4_K_S