Can I Run Devstral Small 24B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070?

Name: LLM Configurator — GPU VRAM Checker
Author: LLM Configurator

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026

No. Devstral Small 24B needs 14.5 GB at Q4_K_M and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 has only 8 GB. No quantization we publish closes a gap that size.

The numbers

Model	Devstral Small 24B
Parameters	24B
Quantization	Q4_K_M
VRAM needed	14.5 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 VRAM	8 GB
Verdict	Does not fit

What to do next

Either step down to a smaller size in this family, or move to a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB), the cheapest card we track with enough VRAM.

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Cheapest card we track with enough VRAM for Devstral Small 24B:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB

16 GB VRAM · 360 W board power

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Won't fit — rent Devstral Small 24B instead

Devstral Small 24B needs ~14 GB but this GPU has 8 GB. Rent a RTX 4090 (24 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:

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Other Devstral sizes on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Devstral-2 123B — does not fit (74.3 GB)
Devstral-2 22B — does not fit (13.3 GB)

Devstral Small 24B on nearby hardware

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB) (10 GB) — does not fit

All Devstral sizes on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | VRAM calculator for Devstral Small 24B | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 GPU page | Check your hardware