Home / Models / Mixtral 8x7B Instruct / NVIDIA RTX 3050 6 GB
Can Mixtral 8x7B Instruct run on NVIDIA RTX 3050 6 GB?
No. Estimated memory for Mixtral 8x7B Instruct exceeds NVIDIA RTX 3050 6 GB, including the modeled offload allowance.
Can it run?
- Can it run?
- No (calculated estimate).
- Full GPU fit?
- No
- Model
- Mixtral 8x7B Instruct · 47B
- GPU
- NVIDIA RTX 3050 6 GB · 6 GB advertised
Memory calculation
Breakdown for Q4 at 8K context, batch size 1. Calculator v1.0.0.
| Model weights | 27.4 GB |
|---|---|
| KV cache | 1.0 GB |
| Runtime reserve | 1.9 GB |
| Safety margin | 1.1 GB |
| Required (estimated) | 31.3 GB |
| GPU usable VRAM | 5.4 GB |
Result: DOES NOT FIT
Quantization table
| Quantization | 2K | 4K | 8K | 16K | 32K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF16 | No | No | No | No | No |
| FP16 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q3 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q4 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q5 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q6 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q8 | No | No | No | No | No |
What fits entirely in VRAM?
No calculated full-VRAM fit at the evaluated quantizations and context lengths.
What requires RAM offload?
Offload is shown only when the model does not fully fit in usable VRAM but stays within the modeled offload allowance.
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.
ASUS Dual -RTX3050-O6G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB GDDR6
6 GB · Amazon EXACT
$257.22
Check price on Amazon
MSI GEFORCE RTX 3050 LP 6G OC graphics card NVIDIA 6 GB GDDR6
6 GB · Amazon EXACT
$219.99
Check price on Amazon
MSI Geforce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 6G OC NVIDIA 6 GB GDDR6
6 GB · Amazon EXACT
$209.97
Check price on Amazon
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G NVIDIA 6 GB GDDR6
6 GB · Amazon EXACT
$483.99
Check price on Amazon
ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 LP BRK OC Edition NVIDIA 6 GB GDDR6
6 GB · Amazon EXACT
$321.82
Check price on Amazon
MSI VENTUS GeForce RTX 3050 2X E 6G OC NVIDIA 6 GB GDDR6
6 GB · Amazon EXACT
$317.06
Check price on Amazon
Sources
Model: official config mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1 (main). GPU/product specs: Icecat. Compatibility: RigForAI calculator v1.0.0 estimated VRAM · Q8 at 8K: DOES_NOT_FIT. Amazon: affiliate commerce match, not a spec source.