mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf needs ~23.5 GB VRAM. NVIDIA L20 48GB has 48.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~43 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
43.1 tok/s
TTFT
4494 ms
Safe context
156K
Memory
23.5 GB / 48.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | C | Runs well | 43.1 tok/s | 2451 ms | 156K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 43.1 tok/s | 4494 ms | 156K |
| Agentic Coding | C | Runs well | 43.1 tok/s | 6536 ms | 156K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 43.1 tok/s | 5311 ms | 156K |
| RAG | C | Runs well | 43.1 tok/s | 8170 ms | 156K |
Inference speed
Estimated decode speed (tokens/sec) for mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf at Q4_K_M across popular GPUs and Apple Silicon, using the fastest local runtime per device. Fastest is RTX 5090 32GB at ~82 tok/s. Speed is memory-bandwidth bound, so cards that fit the whole model in VRAM run far faster than ones that offload to system RAM.
| GPU / Mac | Memory | Quant | Speed (tok/s) | Fits? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 RTX 5090 32GB | 32 GB | Q4_K_M | 82.0 | Fits |
| RTX 4090 24GB | 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 52.3 | Tight |
RX 7900 XTX 24GB | 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 47.2 | Tight |
| RTX 3090 24GB | 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 44.8 | Tight |
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB | 256 GB | Q4_K_M | 38.0 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 34.2 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 34.2 | Fits |
Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 31.7 | Fits |
Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 30.1 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB | 48 GB | Q4_K_M | 21.5 | Fits |
| RTX 4080 Super 16GB | 16 GB | Q4_K_M | 19.1 | Too big |
MacBook Pro M3 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 16.4 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 15.0 | Fits |
| RTX 4070 12GB | 12 GB | Q4_K_M | 6.7 | Too big |
| RTX 3060 12GB | 12 GB | Q4_K_M | 4.2 | Too big |
| RTX 4060 8GB | 8 GB | Q4_K_M | 2.0 | Too big |
Estimates for single-stream decoding at Q4_K_M; real tokens/sec varies with prompt length, context, batch size, and runtime build. Prompt processing (prefill) is faster than the decode figures shown here.
How mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf (24B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA L20 48GB (48.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 9.4 GB | Low | C43 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 11.8 GB | Low | C43 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 13.4 GB | Medium | C44 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 14.6 GB | Medium | C44 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 17.3 GB | High | C45 |
Q6_K | 6 | 19.7 GB | High | C46 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 25.7 GB | Very High | C48 |
F16 | 16 | 49.2 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf on your machine.
Run
lms load hf-maziyarpanahi--mistral-small-3-1-24b-instruct-2503-hf-gguf && lms server startYes, NVIDIA L20 48GB can run mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf with a C grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 43.1 tok/s.
mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf (24B parameters) requires approximately 23.5 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On NVIDIA L20 48GB, mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf achieves approximately 43.1 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 4494ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf on NVIDIA L20 48GB receives a C grade with 43.1 tok/s and 156K context.
On NVIDIA L20 48GB, mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf can safely use up to 156K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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