Can I Run Mistral Small 3.1 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super?

Superseded model. Mistral Small 3.1 has been superseded by Mistral Small 3.2. This page is kept for reference; the newer family is a better starting point. View Mistral Small 3.2 →

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

No — Mistral Small 3.1 doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super's 12 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super Specs

VRAM12 GB
Memory Bandwidth504 GB/s

Mistral Small 3.1 24B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 12 GB?Max contextWhole PC
F1648.7 GB✗ No——
Q8_026.5 GB✗ No—Build for this
Q6_K20.8 GB✗ No——
Q5_K_M18.2 GB✗ No——
Q4_K_M15.7 GB✗ No—Build for this
Q3_K_M11.5 GB✓ Yes4K—
Q2_K9.2 GB✓ Yes16K—

Assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache. A longer window needs more; a quantized KV cache needs less. “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 12 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Context costs VRAM too. At Q4_K_M on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super: 8K 16.4 GB ✗ · 32K 20.4 GB ✗ · 125K 36 GB ✗. Past 8K it no longer fits 12 GB — a q8_0 KV cache buys roughly half of that back, which the calculator will price for you.

No compatible GPU? Mistral Small 3.1 24B on 16 GB of system RAM, CPU only: runs, but it is tight.

Why It Does Not Fit

Every Mistral Small 3.1 variant requires more VRAM than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super provides (12 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM).

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FAQ

Does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super have enough VRAM for Mistral Small 3.1?

No — Mistral Small 3.1 doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super's 12 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).

Which GPU can actually run Mistral Small 3.1?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.

Mistral Small 3.1 on Other GPUs

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