Can the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti run Magistral Small 24B?
- FP16
- Q8_0
- Q6_K
- Q5_K_M
- Q4_K_M
- Q3_K_M
- Q2_K
Only just. Magistral Small 24B fits on the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti at Q3_K_M, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 47 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.
Run it with Ollama
Ollama's default magistral:24b download is Q4_K_M, which needs about 16.2 GB, more than the 16 GB available. Download the Q3_K_M 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 16 GB the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti 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 | Fits | ~47 tok/s | |
| Q2_K | Heavily degraded | 10.8 GB | Fits | ~61 tok/s |
Measured speed from real RTX 5070 Ti owners
Tokens per second that people measured on their own NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti, next to our estimate.
No one has measured Magistral Small 24B on the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.
Have an RTX 5070 Ti? Add your real speed
One command times Magistral Small 24B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.
macOS and Linux
curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh -s -- magistral:24bWindows (PowerShell)
$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="magistral:24b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iexGPUs that run Magistral Small 24B comfortably
Frequently asked questions
Can NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti run Magistral Small 24B?
Only just. Magistral Small 24B fits on the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti at Q3_K_M, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 47 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.
How much VRAM does Magistral 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 Magistral Small 24B on the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti?
Roughly 47 tokens per second at Q3_K_M, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti's 896 GB/s memory bandwidth.