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Can the NVIDIA RTX 4090 run Mistral Small 24B?

RTX 4090 × Mistral Small 24B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q6_K21.3 GB of 24 GB
Weights 19.4 GBKV cache 1.3 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ6_KExcellent
Memory21.3 GBof 24 GB usable
Speed~31tokens per second
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 4090 can run Mistral Small 24B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 21.3 GB of the 24 GB available, at roughly 31 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Mistral Small 24B:

ollama run mistral-small:24b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 16.2 GB here). You have room for Q6_K, which is excellent: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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No NVIDIA RTX 4090? Run Mistral Small 24B in the cloud.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 24 GB the NVIDIA RTX 4090 can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality49.1 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless27 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent21.3 GBFits~31 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good18.7 GBFits~36 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular16.2 GBFits~42 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded13.5 GBFits~52 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded10.8 GBFits~68 tok/s

GPUs that run Mistral Small 24B comfortably

Models that run well on the NVIDIA RTX 4090

Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 4090 run Mistral Small 24B?

Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 4090 can run Mistral Small 24B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 21.3 GB of the 24 GB available, at roughly 31 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Mistral Small 24B need?

About 16.2 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 49.1 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Mistral Small 24B on the NVIDIA RTX 4090?

Roughly 31 tokens per second at Q6_K, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 4090's 1008 GB/s memory bandwidth.