Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB handles Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 well at 33 tok/s at Q5_K_M. A solid choice for this model.
Model Size
7.24B
Device VRAM
12 GB
Bandwidth
360 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5_K_M | 33 tok/s | 190ms | ✓ Yes | Good | estimated |
Notes
Q5_K_M
Similar to Llama 8B performance. 6.7GB headroom.
About Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3
Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 (7.24B) is a chat, coding, multi-purpose model. Fast and capable 7B model with sliding window attention. Good all-rounder, slightly behind Llama 3.1 8B on most benchmarks but fully open-source under Apache 2.0.
View all Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 hardware options →About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB has 12 GB at 360 GB/s. Street price: $269.
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Source: Community benchmarks (2026-01-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01