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Can Mistral Small 24B Instruct run on NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB?
Can it run? Yes, with CPU/RAM offload. Full GPU fit? No.
Can it run?
- Can it run?
- Yes, with CPU/RAM offload. This is not equivalent to full-GPU inference.
- Full GPU fit?
- No
- Model
- Mistral Small 24B Instruct · 24B
- GPU
- NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB · 12 GB advertised
Memory calculation
Breakdown for Q4 at 8K context, batch size 1. Calculator v1.0.0.
| Model weights | 13.8 GB |
|---|---|
| KV cache | 1.3 GB |
| Runtime reserve | 1.2 GB |
| Safety margin | 0.7 GB |
| Required (estimated) | 17.0 GB |
| GPU usable VRAM | 10.8 GB |
Result: CPU RAM OFFLOAD REQUIRED
Quantization table
| Quantization | 2K | 4K | 8K | 16K | 32K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF16 | No | No | No | No | No |
| FP16 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q3 | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload |
| Q4 | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload |
| Q5 | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload |
| Q6 | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload |
| Q8 | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload | Offload |
What fits entirely in VRAM?
No calculated full-VRAM fit at the evaluated quantizations and context lengths.
What requires RAM offload?
Weights may run with CPU/RAM offload. That is not equivalent to full-GPU inference. RigForAI does not estimate tokens/sec in this release.
Available graphics cards
These SKUs use this GPU chip. Amazon CTAs appear only for EXACT/HIGH matches. Absence of a price does not change the compatibility result above.

MSI GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 Ti X TRIO 12G NVIDIA 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon EXACT
$1275.00
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MSI VENTUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 3X 12G OC graphics card NVIDIA 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon EXACT
$1295.00
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GIGABYTE GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC 12G NVIDIA 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon EXACT
$1230.00
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MSI VENTUS RTX 3080 Ti 3X 12G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon EXACT
$1295.00
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GIGABYTE GV-N308TVISION OC-12GD graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon EXACT
$999.99
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti MASTER 12G NVIDIA 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon EXACT
$1549.00
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GIGABYTE EAGLE 12G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon EXACT
$584.99
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ASUS ROG -STRIX-LC-RTX3080TI-O12G-GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon unmatched

ASUS ROG -STRIX-RTX3080TI-O12G-GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon unmatched

MSI SUPRIM RTX 3080 Ti X 12G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon unmatched

ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX3080TI-O12G-GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon unmatched

ASUS ROG -STRIX-RTX3080TI-12G-GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon unmatched

ASUS TUF-RTX3080TI-12G-GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB GDDR6X
12 GB · Amazon unmatched
Sources
Model: official config mistralai/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501 (main). GPU/product specs: Icecat. Compatibility: RigForAI calculator v1.0.0 estimated VRAM · Q8 at 8K: CPU_RAM_OFFLOAD_REQUIRED. Amazon: affiliate commerce match, not a spec source.