Can the NVIDIA RTX 5070 run Mistral Small 24B?
- FP16
- Q8_0
- Q6_K
- Q5_K_M
- Q4_K_M
- Q3_K_M
- Q2_K
Only just. Mistral Small 24B fits on the NVIDIA RTX 5070 at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 46 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.
Run it with Ollama
Ollama's default mistral-small:24b download is Q4_K_M, which needs about 16.2 GB, more than the 12 GB available. Download the Q2_K GGUF instead (LM Studio lists quants per model), or try a smaller context length.
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Memory needed by quantization
At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 12 GB the NVIDIA RTX 5070 can use.
| Quant | Quality | Memory | Fits? | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 | Full quality | 49.1 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q8_0 | Near-lossless | 27 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q6_K | Excellent | 21.3 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q5_K_M | Very good | 18.7 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q4_K_M | Good, most popular | 16.2 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q3_K_M | Noticeably degraded | 13.5 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q2_K | Heavily degraded | 10.8 GB | Fits | ~46 tok/s |
GPUs that run Mistral Small 24B comfortably
Frequently asked questions
Can NVIDIA RTX 5070 run Mistral Small 24B?
Only just. Mistral Small 24B fits on the NVIDIA RTX 5070 at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 46 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.
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 5070?
Roughly 46 tokens per second at Q2_K, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 5070's 672 GB/s memory bandwidth.