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Can a RTX 3080 10GB run Mistral Small 24B?

Yes, with partial offload (slower). Mistral Small 24B on RTX 3080 10GB at Q4_K_M uses system RAM (15.8 GB needed, 9.5 GB usable), about 6 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: RTX 3080 10GB · Model: Mistral Small 24B

RTX 3080 10GB has 10 GB of VRAM and 760 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker holds back 0.5 GB of VRAM for the driver and assumes 16 GB of system RAM, so fast memory usable by Ollama is 9.5 GB. Partial offload may also use 60% of that system RAM. Mistral Small 24B (23.6B, Mistral) at Q4_K_M is a 14 GB download and needs 15.8 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size14 GB
Memory needed15.8 GB
Usable fast memory9.5 GB
Fitpartial offload (slower)
Estimated speed~6 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run mistral-small:24b
Open RTX 3080 10GB in the checker

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.

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