Can I Run Mistral Small 3 (24B) on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 15 sierpnia 2026

No. Mistral Small 3 (24B) needs 14.5 GB at Q4_K_M and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti has only 8 GB. No quantization we publish closes a gap that size.

The numbers

ModelMistral Small 3 (24B)
Parameters24B
QuantizationQ4_K_M
VRAM needed14.5 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VRAM8 GB
VerdictDoes not fit

What to do next

Either step down to a smaller size in this family, or move to a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB), the cheapest card we track with enough VRAM.

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Cheapest card we track with enough VRAM for Mistral Small 3 (24B):

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB
16 GB VRAM · 360 W board power
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Won't fit — rent Mistral Small 3 (24B) instead

Mistral Small 3 (24B) 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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Other Mistral Family sizes on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Mistral Small 3 (24B) on nearby hardware

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