Can I Run Mistral Small 4 on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated March 16, 2026

No — Mistral Small 4 doesn't fit the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT's 20 GB; you're short by ~58 GB even at Q2_K. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (32 GB).

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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Specs

VRAM20 GB
Memory Bandwidth800 GB/s

Mistral Small 4 119B-A6.5B on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 20 GB?Max context
F16276.9 GB✗ No
Q8_0165.3 GB✗ No
Q6_K136.5 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M123.2 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M110.7 GB✗ No
Q3_K_M89.6 GB✗ No
Q2_K78 GB✗ No

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 20 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Why It Does Not Fit

Every Mistral Small 4 variant requires more VRAM than the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT provides (20 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (32 GB VRAM).

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FAQ

Is the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT enough to run Mistral Small 4 locally?

No — Mistral Small 4 doesn't fit the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT's 20 GB; you're short by ~58 GB even at Q2_K. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (32 GB).

What's the cheapest GPU that runs Mistral Small 4?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (32 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.

Mistral Small 4 on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

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