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Mistral Small 24B Instruct
24B parameters · native context 32,768 · mistral
Estimated VRAM requirement
Weight memory uses parameter count × bits per weight, plus a quantization overhead factor. KV cache uses standard GQA formulas. Values are calculated estimates, not measured allocations.
| Quantization | Estimated weights | 2K total | 4K total | 8K total | 16K total | 32K total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 | 44.8 GB | 49.5 GB | 49.8 GB | 50.4 GB | 51.7 GB | 54.2 GB |
| Q8 | 25.2 GB | 28.3 GB | 28.6 GB | 29.2 GB | 30.5 GB | 33.0 GB |
| Q6 | 19.6 GB | 22.3 GB | 22.6 GB | 23.2 GB | 24.5 GB | 27.0 GB |
| Q5 | 16.6 GB | 19.0 GB | 19.3 GB | 20.0 GB | 21.2 GB | 23.7 GB |
| Q4 | 13.8 GB | 16.0 GB | 16.3 GB | 17.0 GB | 18.2 GB | 20.7 GB |
| Q3 | 11.1 GB | 13.0 GB | 13.3 GB | 13.9 GB | 15.2 GB | 17.7 GB |
Find a GPU for this model
Run at the quantization and context selected below. Defaults are Q4 and 8K when you do not change the controls. Results are full-VRAM fits only — not a speed ranking.
- Run at
- Q4 · 8K context
- Required VRAM
- 17.0 GB
Lowest-cost full-VRAM option
Sorted by lowest current Amazon price among GPUs that fit entirely in VRAM. This is not a performance ranking.
NVIDIA RTX 3090 24 GB
- GPU VRAM
- 24 GB advertised
- Required VRAM
- 17.0 GB
- Usable GPU VRAM
- 21.6 GB
- VRAM headroom
- 4.6 GB — leftover usable memory after the calculated requirement, not a speed ranking
- Compatible
- Yes — fits entirely in VRAM
- Product SKUs
- 18 mapped · 1 Amazon-matched
- Amazon
- $1489.97 current Amazon price
NVIDIA RTX 5090 32 GB
- GPU VRAM
- 32 GB advertised
- Required VRAM
- 17.0 GB
- Usable GPU VRAM
- 28.8 GB
- VRAM headroom
- 11.8 GB — leftover usable memory after the calculated requirement, not a speed ranking
- Compatible
- Yes — fits entirely in VRAM
- Product SKUs
- 8 mapped · 3 Amazon-matched
- Amazon
- $4987.98 current Amazon price
NVIDIA RTX A4500 20 GB
- GPU VRAM
- 20 GB advertised
- Required VRAM
- 17.0 GB
- Usable GPU VRAM
- 18.0 GB
- VRAM headroom
- 1.0 GB — leftover usable memory after the calculated requirement, not a speed ranking
- Compatible
- Yes — fits entirely in VRAM
- Product SKUs
- 2 mapped · 1 Amazon-matched
- Amazon
- $5177.06 current Amazon price
More VRAM headroom
Sorted by leftover usable VRAM after the calculated requirement. Headroom is not tokens/sec.
NVIDIA RTX 6000 48 GB
- GPU VRAM
- 48 GB advertised
- Required VRAM
- 17.0 GB
- Usable GPU VRAM
- 43.2 GB
- VRAM headroom
- 26.2 GB — leftover usable memory after the calculated requirement, not a speed ranking
- Compatible
- Yes — fits entirely in VRAM
- Product SKUs
- 1 mapped · 0 Amazon-matched
- Amazon
- Check price on Amazon
NVIDIA RTX 8000 48 GB
- GPU VRAM
- 48 GB advertised
- Required VRAM
- 17.0 GB
- Usable GPU VRAM
- 43.2 GB
- VRAM headroom
- 26.2 GB — leftover usable memory after the calculated requirement, not a speed ranking
- Compatible
- Yes — fits entirely in VRAM
- Product SKUs
- 1 mapped · 0 Amazon-matched
- Amazon
- Check availability
NVIDIA RTX A6000 48 GB
- GPU VRAM
- 48 GB advertised
- Required VRAM
- 17.0 GB
- Usable GPU VRAM
- 43.2 GB
- VRAM headroom
- 26.2 GB — leftover usable memory after the calculated requirement, not a speed ranking
- Compatible
- Yes — fits entirely in VRAM
- Product SKUs
- 2 mapped · 0 Amazon-matched
- Amazon
- Check availability
Other compatible GPUs
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB
- GPU VRAM
- 20 GB advertised
- Required VRAM
- 17.0 GB
- Usable GPU VRAM
- 18.0 GB
- VRAM headroom
- 1.0 GB — leftover usable memory after the calculated requirement, not a speed ranking
- Compatible
- Yes — fits entirely in VRAM
- Product SKUs
- 1 mapped · 0 Amazon-matched
- Amazon
- Check price on Amazon
NVIDIA RTX 4000 20 GB
- GPU VRAM
- 20 GB advertised
- Required VRAM
- 17.0 GB
- Usable GPU VRAM
- 18.0 GB
- VRAM headroom
- 1.0 GB — leftover usable memory after the calculated requirement, not a speed ranking
- Compatible
- Yes — fits entirely in VRAM
- Product SKUs
- 2 mapped · 0 Amazon-matched
- Amazon
- Check price on Amazon
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB
- GPU VRAM
- 24 GB advertised
- Required VRAM
- 17.0 GB
- Usable GPU VRAM
- 21.6 GB
- VRAM headroom
- 4.6 GB — leftover usable memory after the calculated requirement, not a speed ranking
- Compatible
- Yes — fits entirely in VRAM
- Product SKUs
- 2 mapped · 0 Amazon-matched
- Amazon
- Check price on Amazon
Compatible GPUs
Status is a calculated memory fit against usable VRAM (advertised × 0.9). Open a GPU to see product SKUs and Amazon listings.
Sources
Model specifications: official repository mistralai/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501 · revision main. Compatibility: RigForAI calculator v1.0.0 (estimated VRAM). GPU products: Icecat. Amazon is a separate affiliate match and is not used as a spec source.