Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB runs Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 excellently at 48 tok/s at Q5_K_M. This is a strong pairing.
Model Size
7.24B
Device VRAM
10 GB
Bandwidth
760 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 3080 10GB.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5_K_M | 48 tok/s | 125ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
Q5_K_M
Q5_K_M fits in 10GB. 760 GB/s delivers excellent throughput.
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 3080 10GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB has 10 GB at 760 GB/s. Street price: $399.
See all models NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB can run →Source: Performance estimates based on model size and device bandwidth (2026-03-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01