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GPT-OSS 20B (MoE) on A100 40GB SXM4: Does It Fit, How Fast, What It Costs

GPT-OSS 20B (MoE) at FP8 (E4M3) needs 20.9 GB for its weights and 22.6 GB in total at 8K context with 8 concurrent users. That means it fits on a single A100 40GB SXM4. Every figure is computed by tokcalc's open-source capacity model.

Fits?
Yes, 1 GPU
22.6 GB needed / 40 GB available
Decode speed
419.8
tok/s per stream
Aggregate
5038
tok/s @ 8 concurrent
Cost / 1M tokens
$0.0496
1× A100 40GB SXM4
What changes as you add A100 40GB SXM4s
Tensor-parallel degree vs VRAM, throughput, and cost. Cost scales linearly with GPU count; decode throughput scales near-linearly too, so cost per token stays roughly flat.
GPUsTotal VRAMVRAM neededDecode tok/sAggregate tok/sTTFTCost / 1M tokFits?
1× A10040 GB22.6 GB419.85038410.5 ms$0.0496✓
2× A10080 GB22.6 GB713.617128220.4 ms$0.0292✓
4× A100160 GB22.6 GB142768510125.2 ms$0.0146✓
8× A100320 GB22.6 GB285527404077.6 ms$0.007298✓
Concurrency vs context length
On 1× A100 40GB SXM4 at FP8 (E4M3). KV cache scales linearly with context, so this is the number of users your GPUs can actually serve.
ContextConcurrent usersKV per requestFits?
4K183206.2 MB✓ fits
8K93412.3 MB✓ fits
33K231.61 GB✓ fits
66K113.22 GB✓ fits
131K56.44 GB✓ fits
Other GPUs that run GPT-OSS 20B (MoE)
Same workload, same quantization — ranked by value (tokens per dollar-hour).
GPUGPUsAggregate tok/sCost / 1M tok
RTX 5090 32GB1×5824$0.0238
RTX 3090 24GB1×2472$0.0281
RTX 4090 24GB1×3276$0.0339
AMD MI300X 192GB1×17225$0.0403
V100 SXM2 32GB1×2925$0.0475
AMD MI325X 288GB1×19500$0.0499
Frequently asked questions

Can GPT-OSS 20B (MoE) run on A100 40GB SXM4?

Yes. GPT-OSS 20B (MoE) at FP8 (E4M3) needs 22.6 GB including the KV cache, and A100 40GB SXM4 has 40 GB — so it fits on a single GPU.

How fast is GPT-OSS 20B (MoE) on A100 40GB SXM4?

419.8 tokens/sec per stream and 5038 tok/s aggregate with continuous batching at 8 concurrent users. Time to first token is 410.5 ms, and inter-token latency is 2.4 ms.

What does GPT-OSS 20B (MoE) on A100 40GB SXM4 cost per million tokens?

$0.0496 per 1M output tokens at 1× A100 40GB SXM4 ($0.9000/hr). That is the marginal hardware cost — add idle capacity, ops, and egress for the real figure.

How much VRAM does GPT-OSS 20B (MoE) need on A100 40GB SXM4?

20.9 GB for the weights at FP8 (E4M3), plus 1.6 GB of KV cache for 8 concurrent requests at 8K context — 22.6 GB total. Every extra concurrent user at long context costs more, so leave headroom.

Is A100 40GB SXM4 the right choice for GPT-OSS 20B (MoE)?

It works. Compare $0.0496 per 1M tokens against the alternatives below — the cheapest option that fits the same workload is 4× RTX 3080 10GB at $0.006615, and the fastest is 1× Cerebras CS-3 (WSE-3) at 65000 tok/s.

Adjust the workload yourself

Same formulas, your context length, concurrency, and quantisation.

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