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Can I run Mistral Small 3 24B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB)?
Yes. Mistral Small 3 24B runs on Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB) at Q4_K_M (~16.3 GB of ~31 GB usable).
Runs at Q4_K_M using ~16.3 GB of ~31 GB usable. You have room for Q8_0 for higher quality.
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~16.3 GB
- Usable on device
- ~31 GB
- Device memory
- 32 GB
- Best quant
- Q4_K_M
Run it
Pick your tool. All three load the same Q4_K_M weights.
ollama run mistral-small3.2:24b llama-cli -hf bartowski/mistralai_Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506-GGUF:Q4_K_M lms get bartowski/mistralai_Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506-GGUF AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.
- Parameters
- 24B
- Q4_K_M size
- 14.33 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 25.05 GB
- Context
- 128k
- Ollama tag
- mistral-small3.2:24b
- Memory
- 32 GB vram
- Usable for weights
- ~31 GB
- Best runtime
- vLLM (Linux) / Ollama (CUDA)
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FAQ
Can Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB) run Mistral Small 3 24B?
Yes. Mistral Small 3 24B runs on Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB) at Q4_K_M (~16.3 GB of ~31 GB usable).
How much memory does Mistral Small 3 24B need?
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB) has room to spare. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~14.33 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~16.3 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run Mistral Small 3 24B on Windows?
LM Studio for a simple setup; Ollama (CUDA) for the most speed. AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.
Sources
Memory figures are estimates. See methodology.