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NVIDIA RTX Spark128GBllama.cpp v0.25L2 Cross-framework verified

This page aggregates 1 real-world runs of Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct (Q5_K_M) on NVIDIA RTX Spark with llama.cpp, contributed by 1 independent source platforms; metrics are averages of published measurements.

46.73 tok/s

Decode

Decode speed

200.62 tok/s

Prefill

Prefill speed

2.34 s

TTFT

Time to first token

17.72 GB

VRAM

VRAM usage

L2 Cross-framework verified

1

Measured runs

1

Independent sources

Other

Source platforms

16 days ago

Last verified

Performance

  1. llama.cpp · Q4_K_M Decode 53.5 · Prefill 208.91 ·
  2. llama.cpp · Q5_K_M (current)Decode 46.73 · Prefill 200.62 ·
  3. llama.cpp · Q8_0 Decode 35.36 · Prefill 182.04 ·
  4. Ollama · FP16 Decode 27.91 · Prefill 99.5 ·
  5. Ollama · Q6_K Decode 40.65 · Prefill 194.34 ·
  6. Ollama · Q8_0 Decode 37 · Prefill 131.55 ·
  7. llama.cpp · IQ1_S Decode 80.81 · Prefill 288.05 ·
  8. Ollama · Q4_K_M Decode 51.59 · Prefill 267.45 ·
  9. Ollama · Q5_K_S Decode 48.77 · Prefill 206.68 ·

Core figures

Decode (avg)
46.73 tok/s
Prefill (avg)
200.62 tok/s
TTFT (avg)
2.34 s
VRAM (avg)
17.72 GB
MTP acceptance rate
—
TTFB
0.37 GB
Power draw
77.9 W

Configuration

Member-level fields are taken from the most recent run

Model
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Quantization
Q5_K_M
Framework
llama.cpp
Version
v0.25
Context length
8192 tokens
Batch size
256
GPU layers
33
Flash Attention
On

Hardware

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

GPU
NVIDIA RTX Spark
Nominal VRAM
128 GB
Measured VRAM (avg)
17.72 GB
OS
Ubuntu 24.04
Driver
615.78
CUDA
13.0
Power draw
77.9 W
Reference price
$2,399 · updated 2026-10-19

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Sources & evidence

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

  1. L2 Cross-framework verifiedOtherOriginal link Verified on 2026-10-20

    v0.25 · Ubuntu 24.04 · CUDA 13.0 · 8192 ctx

    46.73 tok/s

    Decode

    200.62 tok/s

    Prefill

    2.34 s

    TTFT

    17.72 GB

    VRAM

    —

    MTP

    77.9 W

    Power draw

    L2 batch seed 2026-10-20 (Linux 116GiB unlock): llama.cpp on Spark running model_id=68 at Q5_K_M