Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated September 6, 2026
Only with offload — Magistral Small spills onto CPU/system RAM on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB (16 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.
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| VRAM | 16 GB |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s |
| Quant | VRAM needed | Fits 16 GB? | Max context |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16 | 49.6 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q8_0 | 27.1 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q6_K | 21.3 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q5_K_M | 18.6 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q4_K_M | 16.1 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q3_K_M | 11.9 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K |
| Q2_K | 9.5 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K |
VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 16 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.
Every Magistral Small variant requires more VRAM than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB provides (16 GB).
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (20 GB VRAM).
Magistral Small needs ~14 GB but this GPU has 16 GB. Rent a RTX 4090 (24 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:
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Only with offload — Magistral Small spills onto CPU/system RAM on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB (16 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.
The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (20 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.
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