cognitivecomputations Dolphin Mistral 24B Venice Edition needs ~14.3 GB VRAM. Intel Arc B580 12GB has 12.0 GB. With Q2_K quantization, expect ~11 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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7.6 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Too heavy
Decode
4.2 tok/s
TTFT
45843 ms
Safe context
4K
Memory
19.6 GB / 12.0 GB
Offload
40%
It fits through host-memory offload, and offload is the main reason performance drops.
CPU or host-memory offload is active
About 20% of the working set spills out of accelerator memory, which usually hurts latency and sustained decode throughput.
Very little memory headroom
You can run the model, but there is not much room left for longer context, bigger batches, extra apps, or future model updates.
Runtime ecosystem is narrower than CUDA
Intel GPUs can look attractive on memory per dollar, but local AI tooling, kernels, and model coverage are still broader and easier on CUDA today.
Remove offload with more accelerator memory
Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.
Prefer CUDA if you want the path of least resistance
If your goal is maximum runtime coverage, easier troubleshooting, and better support for new local AI releases, CUDA is usually still the safer upgrade path.
Buy headroom, not only minimum fit
A slightly larger memory tier gives you safer context growth and makes the recommendation more future-proof.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | F | Too heavy | 4.9 tok/s | 21473 ms | 4K |
| Coding | F | Too heavy | 4.2 tok/s | 45843 ms | 4K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 3.2 tok/s | 87713 ms | 4K |
| Reasoning | F | Too heavy | 4.2 tok/s | 54178 ms | 4K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 3.2 tok/s | 109641 ms | 4K |
How cognitivecomputations Dolphin Mistral 24B Venice Edition (24B params) fits at each quantization level on Intel Arc B580 12GB (12.0 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 |
Copy-paste commands to run cognitivecomputations Dolphin Mistral 24B Venice Edition on your machine.
Run
lms load hf-yixman--cognitivecomputations-dolphin-mistral-24b-venice-edition-gguf && lms server start升级选项
Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB经济之选Makes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$599 MSRP
RTX 5090 32GB最大飞跃Makes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$1,999 MSRP
Intel Data Center GPU Max 1550 128GB最佳性价比Makes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$15,000 MSRP
Gaudi 3 128GBIntel 升级Makes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$15,000 MSRP
Yes, Intel Arc B580 12GB can run cognitivecomputations Dolphin Mistral 24B Venice Edition at Q2_K quantization (Very compromised (needs ~1.5 GB host RAM)). The recommended Q4_K_M requires 19.6 GB which exceeds available memory, but at Q2_K it needs only 14.3 GB. Expected decode speed: 10.7 tok/s.
cognitivecomputations Dolphin Mistral 24B Venice Edition (24B parameters) requires approximately 19.6 GB at Q4_K_M quantization. On Intel Arc B580 12GB, it fits at Q2_K using 14.3 GB.
The recommended quantization is Q4_K_M, but on Intel Arc B580 12GB the best fitting quantization is Q2_K, which uses 14.3 GB.
On Intel Arc B580 12GB, cognitivecomputations Dolphin Mistral 24B Venice Edition achieves approximately 10.7 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 18143ms using Q2_K quantization.
For coding workloads, cognitivecomputations Dolphin Mistral 24B Venice Edition on Intel Arc B580 12GB receives a F grade with 4.2 tok/s and 4K context.
On Intel Arc B580 12GB, cognitivecomputations Dolphin Mistral 24B Venice Edition can safely use up to 4K tokens of context at Q2_K quantization. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
Remove offload with more accelerator memory. Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.
Often yes, if your goal is the easiest setup and the widest runtime support. Intel can offer attractive memory capacity, but CUDA still tends to win on tooling maturity, guides, kernels, and model coverage for local AI.
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