openai/gpt-oss-120b VRAM requirements

120B params, Hybrid attention (full + sliding-window layers)

gpt-oss-120b needs about 65 GB of GPU memory for FP8 weights. The smallest fitting setup at 32k context is 1× NVIDIA B200. It supports 64 concurrent conversations with SGLang defaults.

GPU requirements by context length

8k context
GPUGPUsConcurrent users
NVIDIA B200164
NVIDIA H200 SXM164
NVIDIA H100 SXM136
NVIDIA H100 NVL164
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM15
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition164
NVIDIA H20164
NVIDIA L40S264
32k context
GPUGPUsConcurrent users
NVIDIA B200164
NVIDIA H200 SXM164
NVIDIA H100 SXM19
NVIDIA H100 NVL130
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM11
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition133
NVIDIA H20133
NVIDIA L40S221
128k context
GPUGPUsConcurrent users
NVIDIA B200139
NVIDIA H200 SXM121
NVIDIA H100 SXM12
NVIDIA H100 NVL17
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition18
NVIDIA H2018
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM227
NVIDIA L40S25

FP8 weights, SGLang defaults, estimates.

Weights by precision

Weight memory
PrecisionWeightsSmallest fitting setup at 32k
FP8about 65 GB1x NVIDIA B200
INT4 (AWQ)about 65 GB1x NVIDIA B200

Model notes

Attention
Hybrid attention, full + sliding-window layers
Architecture
Mixture-of-Experts
Sliding window
128 tokens on 18 of 36 layers
Layers
36
Hidden size
2,880
Vocabulary
201,088

The sliding-window design caps this model's memory appetite, past 128 tokens, 18 of its 36 layers stop charging for longer conversations.

Frequently asked questions

Will openai/gpt-oss-120b run on a single H100?
Yes, openai/gpt-oss-120b fits on a single H100 SXM at 32k context with FP8 weights, supporting 9 concurrent conversations.
What is the cheapest GPU setup for openai/gpt-oss-120b?
The cheapest fitting setup at 32k context is 1x NVIDIA B200 with FP8 weights and SGLang defaults.
How much VRAM does openai/gpt-oss-120b need at 128k context?
At 128k context on the cheapest fitting setup, openai/gpt-oss-120b uses about 65 GB of VRAM per GPU for FP8 weights and about 2.4 GB per conversation for the KV cache. The total VRAM needed depends on the GPU count and parallelism configuration.
Can I run openai/gpt-oss-120b with INT4 quantization?
Yes, openai/gpt-oss-120b has INT4 weight figures. Its weights take about 65 GB in INT4 versus about 65 GB in FP8. INT4 can make the model fit on fewer GPUs, but check inference quality for your workload.

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