Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026
No — Mistral Small 3.1 doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti's 8 GB; you're short by ~1.2 GB even at Q2_K. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).
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| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Bandwidth | 608 GB/s |
| Quant | VRAM needed | Fits 8 GB? | Max context |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16 | 48.7 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q8_0 | 26.5 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q6_K | 20.8 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q5_K_M | 18.2 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q4_K_M | 15.7 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q3_K_M | 11.5 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q2_K | 9.2 GB | ✗ No | — |
VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 8 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.
Every Mistral Small 3.1 variant requires more VRAM than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti provides (8 GB).
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM).
Mistral Small 3.1 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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No — Mistral Small 3.1 doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti's 8 GB; you're short by ~1.2 GB even at Q2_K. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.
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