Can I Run Mistral Small 4 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 16 marca 2026

Only with offload — Mistral Small 4 spills onto CPU/system RAM on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (24 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Specs

VRAM24 GB
Memory Bandwidth1008 GB/s

Mistral Small 4 119B-A6.5B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 24 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 24 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 provides (24 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (32 GB VRAM).

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FAQ

Will Mistral Small 4 run on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090?

Only with offload — Mistral Small 4 spills onto CPU/system RAM on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (24 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.

What GPU should I get instead to run 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

VRAM Tier

Troubleshooting

Buying Guide

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