Will it run? / Phi 3 3.8B / NVIDIA DGX Spark (128GB)

Can the NVIDIA DGX Spark (128GB) run Phi 3 3.8B?

Fast Yes, at about 87 tokens/sec (estimated). Replies stream faster than you can read.

87estimated tokens/sec
3.7 GBmemory needed
108.8 GBavailable to the model
273 GB/smemory bandwidth
ollama run phi3:3.8b

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the whole model from memory once: 2.2 GB. The NVIDIA DGX Spark (128GB) moves 273 GB/s, so the ceiling is 120+ tokens/sec. Real machines reach a fraction of that ceiling; we use 70%, an assumption until we get measured runs for this kind of machine. Send us your real numbers and we'll replace the estimate.

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