Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026
Only with offload — Mistral Family spills onto CPU/system RAM on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB (8 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.
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| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s |
| Quant | VRAM needed | Fits 8 GB? | Max context |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16 | 25.5 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q8_0 | 14.2 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q6_K | 11.3 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q5_K_M | 10 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q4_K_M | 8.7 GB | ✗ No | — |
| Q3_K_M | 6.6 GB | ✓ Yes | 8K |
| Q2_K | 5.4 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K |
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 Family variant requires more VRAM than the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB provides (8 GB).
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB) (10 GB VRAM).
Mistral Family needs ~7 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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Only with offload — Mistral Family spills onto CPU/system RAM on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB (8 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB) (10 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.
| Size | VRAM | Verdict | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Small 3 (24B) | 14.5 GB | Does not fit | — |
| Mistral NeMo 12B | 7.2 GB | Runs at Q2_K | — |
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