# Can I run Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 3090? > Yes. Mistral Small 24B at Q4_K_M needs about 17.7 GB; RTX 3090 has 24.0 GB usable. Estimated tokens/sec and context headroom. Source: https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506/rtx-3090/ [Home](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/) / [Can I run it?](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/) / [Mistral Small 24B](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/models/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506/) / Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 3090 **Yes.** Mistral Small 24B at Q4\_K\_M needs about 17.7 GB, and the GeForce RTX 3090 has 24.0 GB usable at a \~4k context. # Can I run Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 3090? Mistral Small 24B at Q4\_K\_M needs about 17.7 GB, and the GeForce RTX 3090 has 24.0 GB usable. That figure is 24 GB of VRAM on the spec sheet, of which 24.0 GB is usable for weights and cache, at 936 GB/s memory bandwidth. Mistral’s 24B Small instruct model, a dense mid-size alternative to the 27B–32B class. These are estimates from [our formula](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/method/), not measured benchmarks. Quant that fits Q4\_K\_M Fits with headroom Memory needed 17.7 GB at Q4\_K\_M, \~4k context Usable VRAM 24.0 GB of 24 GB VRAM Est. tokens/sec 39–55 estimate [Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/models/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506/) · [GeForce RTX 3090](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/hardware/rtx-3090/) · [Everything this machine runs](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/what-can-i-run/rtx-3090/) · [Q4 vs Q8 vs FP16](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/quantization/) ## Memory at each quant | Quant | Need vs 24.0 GB | Verdict | | -------- | --------------- | ------------- | | Q4\_K\_M | 17.7 GB | Q4Fits | | Q8\_0 | 30.3 GB | Q8Won’t fit | | FP16 | 56.2 GB | FP16Won’t fit | ## Estimated tokens per second Estimate: **39–55 tokens/sec** at Q4\_K\_M. This is a bandwidth-derived range, not a bench. Efficiency is a 60–85% GPU band from [How we calculate](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/method/). ## Context headroom At Q4\_K\_M, this machine has headroom out to about **32k tokens** under our KV estimate. Longer chats need more memory for the cache. Figures assume an FP16 KV cache. __Context headroom for Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 3090 at Q4\_K\_M__ | Context | KV cache (FP16) | Total at Q4\_K\_M | Verdict | | ------- | --------------- | ----------------- | --------- | | 4k | 0.7 GB | 17.7 GB | Fits | | 8k | 1.3 GB | 18.4 GB | Fits | | 16k | 2.7 GB | 19.8 GB | Fits | | 32k | 5.4 GB | 22.4 GB | Tight | | 64k | 10.7 GB | 27.8 GB | Won’t fit | | 128k | 21.5 GB | 38.5 GB | Won’t fit | From the model’s config. Try other sizes in the [VRAM calculator](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/vram-calculator/) or see the [context length guide](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/context-length/). ## What to do instead * Q8\_0 needs 30.3 GB and does not fit here. The [GeForce RTX 5090](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/hardware/rtx-5090/) has 32.0 GB usable, enough for Q8. * Full hardware list: [Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/models/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506/). Specs for this machine: [GeForce RTX 3090](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/hardware/rtx-3090/). ## Other hardware for Mistral Small 24B * [Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 3060 12GB](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506/rtx-3060-12gb/)Won’t fit * [Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 3070 Ti](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506/rtx-3070-ti/)Won’t fit * [Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 3080](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506/rtx-3080-10gb/)Won’t fit * [Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 4060 Ti 16GB](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506/rtx-4060-ti-16gb/)Won’t fit * [Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 4070 Ti Super](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506/rtx-4070-ti-super/)Won’t fit * [Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 4090](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506/rtx-4090/)Fits ## Other models on an RTX 3090 * [Qwen3-32B on an RTX 3090](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/qwen3-32b/rtx-3090/)Tight * [Qwen3-30B-A3B on an RTX 3090](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/qwen3-30b-a3b/rtx-3090/)Tight * [Qwen3.8-27B on an RTX 3090](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/qwen3.8-27b/rtx-3090/)Fits * [Gemma 3 27B on an RTX 3090](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/gemma-3-27b-it/rtx-3090/)Fits * [Gemma 4 31B on an RTX 3090](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/gemma-4-31b-it/rtx-3090/)Tight * [gpt-oss-20b on an RTX 3090](https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/can-i-run/gpt-oss-20b/rtx-3090/)Fits ## Quick answers Can I run Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 3090? Yes. Mistral Small 24B at Q4\_K\_M needs about 17.7 GB, and the GeForce RTX 3090 has 24.0 GB usable. How much VRAM does Mistral Small 24B need? About 17.7 GB at Q4\_K\_M, 30.3 GB at Q8\_0 and 56.2 GB at FP16, estimated for a \~4k context. How fast is Mistral Small 24B on an RTX 3090? Our estimate is 39–55 tokens per second at Q4\_K\_M. It is not a measured benchmark. What context length can I use? At Q4\_K\_M, our KV estimate supports up to about 32k tokens before the cache pushes the total over usable memory. --- Agent guide: https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/llms.txt · JSON API: https://whatcanirunai.vercel.app/developers/