Mistral Small 24B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB cannot run Mistral Small 24B Instruct at any quantization level. The 8 GB of VRAM is insufficient.
Model Size
24B
Device VRAM
8 GB
Bandwidth
272 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows Mistral Small 24B Instruct performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3_K_M | — | — | ✗ Offload | Not Viable | estimated |
Notes
Q3_K_M
24B class. Q3_K_M ~11GB. Not viable.
About Mistral Small 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 24B Instruct (24B) is a chat, coding, reasoning model. Mistral's efficient 24B model with strong chat, coding, and reasoning.
View all Mistral Small 24B Instruct hardware options →About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB has 8 GB at 272 GB/s. Street price: $289.
See all models NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB can run →Source: 24.3B model exceeds 8GB even at Q3_K_M (2026-03-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-15