RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GBBudget pick1792 GB/s (+992)
C
Raises estimated decode speed by about 224%.102.8 tok/s decode
Raises estimated decode speed by about 224%.
~$9,999 MSRP
mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf needs ~32.2 GB VRAM. Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB has 92.2 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~32 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
31.7 tok/s
TTFT
6108 ms
Safe context
357K
Memory
32.2 GB / 92.2 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
Shared-memory contention still exists
The OS, browser, and inference runtime all compete for the same physical memory pool, so real-world headroom is less forgiving than raw capacity suggests.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | C | Runs well | 31.7 tok/s | 3332 ms | 357K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 31.7 tok/s | 6108 ms | 357K |
| Agentic Coding | C | Runs well | 31.7 tok/s | 8885 ms | 357K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 31.7 tok/s | 7219 ms | 357K |
| RAG | C | Runs well | 31.7 tok/s | 11106 ms | 357K |
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 Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB (92.2 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 9.4 GB | Low | D40 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 11.8 GB | Low | D40 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 13.4 GB | Medium | D40 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 14.6 GB | Medium | C40 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 17.3 GB | High | C40 |
Q6_K | 6 | 19.7 GB | High | C41 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 25.7 GB | Very High | C42 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 49.2 GB | Maximum | C47 |
Copy-paste commands to run mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf on your machine.
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lms load hf-maziyarpanahi--mistral-small-3-1-24b-instruct-2503-hf-gguf && lms server startUpgrade options
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GBBudget pickRaises estimated decode speed by about 224%.
~$9,999 MSRP
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~$9,999 MSRP
Yes, Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB can run mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf with a C grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 31.7 tok/s.
mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf (24B parameters) requires approximately 32.2 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 Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB, mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf achieves approximately 31.7 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 6108ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB receives a C grade with 31.7 tok/s and 357K context.
On Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB, mistral small 3.1 24b instruct 2503 hf can safely use up to 357K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
Not always. Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB can often fit larger models thanks to unified memory, but a discrete GPU with dedicated high-bandwidth VRAM may still decode faster once the model fits. For this combination, the important distinction is capacity versus sustained throughput.
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