Can I Run Codestral on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM)?

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Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated May 29, 2024

Yes

Yes — Codestral 22B at Q6_K needs about 20.9 GB of the 24 GB usable on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM) (~3.1 GB spare), at ~36.3 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 16,384 tokens of context.

Confidence: high · Recommended quantization: Q6_K · Estimated speed: ~36.3 tok/s

RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM) — what it gives a model

Usable memory for models24 GB
Memory bandwidth1008 GB/s
Form factorDesktop
Operating systemWindows or Linux
Memory upgradeableYes

Codestral on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM): memory by quantization

QuantMemory neededFits 24 GB?Max contextEst. speedDownload
F1647.1 GB✗ No44.4 GB
Q8_026.3 GB✗ No23.6 GB
Q6_K20.9 GB✓ Yes16K~36.3 tok/s18.2 GB
Q5_K_M18.4 GB✓ Yes16K~41.2 tok/s15.7 GB
Q4_K_M16.1 GB✓ Yes32K~47.1 tok/s13.4 GB
Q3_K_M12.1 GB✓ Yes32K~62.5 tok/s9.5 GB
Q2_K10 GB✓ Yes32K~76.1 tok/s7.3 GB

RTX 4090 desktop limitations

Recommended setup

Ollama or llama.cpp (CUDA/ROCm) — vLLM if you need concurrent serving

How these numbers are calculated

FAQ

Can I run Codestral on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM)?

Yes — Codestral 22B at Q6_K needs about 20.9 GB of the 24 GB usable on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM) (~3.1 GB spare), at ~36.3 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 16,384 tokens of context.

Which quantization of Codestral should I use on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM)?

Q6_K — it needs about 20.9 GB of the 24 GB available, downloads as roughly 18.2 GB, and runs at an estimated 36.3 tokens/sec with up to 16K of context.

What limits Codestral on RTX 4090 Desktop (24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM)?

Nothing binding — the model fits with headroom and generates at a usable speed on this hardware.

Which runtime should I use?

Ollama or llama.cpp (CUDA/ROCm) — vLLM if you need concurrent serving

Other Computers

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