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Can the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Mistral Small 24B?

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB × Mistral Small 24B8K context
Yes, with heavy quantizationFits only at a low-quality quant
Memory at Q3_K_M13.5 GB of 16 GB
Weights 11.5 GBKV cache 1.3 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ3_K_MNoticeably degraded
Memory13.5 GBof 16 GB usable
Speed~23tokens per second
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Only just. Mistral Small 24B fits on the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at Q3_K_M, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 23 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

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Run it with Ollama

Ollama's default mistral-small: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 5060 Ti 16GB can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality49.1 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless27 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent21.3 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good18.7 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular16.2 GBToo big—
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded13.5 GBFits~23 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded10.8 GBFits~30 tok/s

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Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Mistral Small 24B?

Only just. Mistral Small 24B fits on the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at Q3_K_M, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 23 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

How much VRAM does Mistral 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 Mistral Small 24B on the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?

Roughly 23 tokens per second at Q3_K_M, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB's 448 GB/s memory bandwidth.