Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 needs ~19.5 GB but RTX 3070 8GB only has 8.0 GB. Try a smaller quantization or lighter model.
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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11.5 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Too heavy
Decode
3.2 tok/s
TTFT
60253 ms
Safe context
4K
Memory
19.5 GB / 8.0 GB
Offload
60%
Usable VRAM is the main blocker for this model.
Not enough usable memory
The model needs 19.5 GB, but this setup only exposes 8.0 GB of usable VRAM.
Add more VRAM headroom
The first useful upgrade is more dedicated VRAM so you can fit the model without shrinking context or dropping to a much lower quant.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | F | Too heavy | 3.2 tok/s | 32865 ms | 4K |
| Coding | F | Too heavy | 3.2 tok/s | 60253 ms | 4K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 3.2 tok/s | 87641 ms | 4K |
| Reasoning | F | Too heavy | 3.2 tok/s | 71208 ms | 4K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 3.2 tok/s | 109551 ms | 4K |
How Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 (24B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 3070 8GB (8.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 9.4 GB | Low | F0 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 11.8 GB | Low | F0 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 13.4 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 14.6 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 17.3 GB | High | F0 |
Q6_K | 6 | 19.7 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 25.7 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 49.2 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Opciones de mejora
RTX 4000 Ada 20GBOpción económicaHace que el modelo quepa en el acelerador en lugar de seguir fuera de alcance.
Elimina el offload a memoria del sistema, que suele ser la mayor mejora individual en latencia y throughput.
~$1,250 MSRP
RTX 3090 24GBMejor relación calidad-precioHace que el modelo quepa en el acelerador en lugar de seguir fuera de alcance.
Elimina el offload a memoria del sistema, que suele ser la mayor mejora individual en latencia y throughput.
~$1,499 MSRP
RTX 4090 24GBMejora NVIDIAHace que el modelo quepa en el acelerador en lugar de seguir fuera de alcance.
Elimina el offload a memoria del sistema, que suele ser la mayor mejora individual en latencia y throughput.
~$1,599 MSRP
No, Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 requires more memory than RTX 3070 8GB provides.
Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 (24B parameters) requires approximately 19.5 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RTX 3070 8GB, Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 achieves approximately 3.2 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 60253ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 on RTX 3070 8GB receives a F grade with 3.2 tok/s and 4K context.
On RTX 3070 8GB, Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 can safely use up to 4K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
Add more VRAM headroom. The first useful upgrade is more dedicated VRAM so you can fit the model without shrinking context or dropping to a much lower quant.
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