Model optimization

Llama 3 compression

Self-hosted Llama 3 reduces API costs but the compute cost of processing long prompts remains. Compression cuts prompt size by 65%, reducing GPU memory and inference time.

By Arjun Shah - Creator of SuperCompress - Updated 2026-07-03

Self-hosted economics

Llama 3 70B on an A100 GPU processes ~30 tokens/second. A 4,000-token prompt takes ~133 seconds just for prefill. Compression to 1,400 tokens reduces prefill to ~47 seconds. That is 86 more seconds of generation capacity per query.

Frequently asked questions

Does compression increase throughput?

Yes. By reducing prefill time by ~65%, you can serve more queries per GPU.

Does it reduce GPU memory usage?

Yes. Smaller prompts require less KV-cache memory, allowing larger batch sizes.

Try it yourself

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