MetaLlama 3.2 1B Instruct on NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300
Yes — Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300 runs Llama 3.2 1B Instruct excellently at Q8_0 — 800 tok/s. 288 GB VRAM with plenty of headroom.
Model Size
1.24B
Device VRAM
288 GB
Bandwidth
8000 GB/s
Quantization
Q8_0
Performance by Quantization
OwnRig currently has one published compatibility entry for Llama 3.2 1B Instruct on NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300 at Q8_0. This is the best supported pairing we can stand behind today.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q8_0 | 800 tok/s | 10ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
Q8_0
Tiny model, compute-bound at this bandwidth. 286.5GB headroom.
About Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct (1.24B) is a chat, coding model. The smallest Llama model. Runs on integrated GPUs and even CPUs. Useful for basic classification, simple Q&A, and as a draft model for speculative decoding. Limited reasoning capability.
View all Llama 3.2 1B Instruct hardware options →About NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300
NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300 has 288 GB at 8000 GB/s. Street price: $30,000.
See all models NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GB300 can run →Estimate method: Estimated from GB300 bandwidth ratio vs RTX 4090 with conservative margins. Reference hardware source: dell.com (2026-03-23)
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