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Can Codestral 22B run on NVIDIA A30 24GB?

YES — Runs Great

B65Good
Estimated from fit model

Codestral 22B needs ~19.5 GB VRAM. NVIDIA A30 24GB has 24.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~54 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: HighStack: BasicBottleneck: Balanced
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Operating mode

Choose the run profile you care about

Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.

Current mode

Balanced

Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.

Capabilities:

Select quantization to explore

Q4_K_M (Medium quality) — 19.5 GB, 58.3 tok/s, Runs well
19.5 GB required24.0 GB available
81% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

58.3 tok/s

TTFT

3321 ms

Safe context

33K

Memory

19.5 GB / 24.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights13.4 GB
KV Cache2.4 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom2.4 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsCodestral 22B on NVIDIA A30 24GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>Write a Python function to sort a list
Here's a Python function that sorts a list using quicksort: def quicksort(arr): if len(arr) <= 1: return arr pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2] left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot] middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot] right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot] return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right) # Example usage numbers = [3, 6, 8, 10, 1, 2, 1] print(quicksort(numbers)) # [1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10] The algorithm picks a pivot, partitions the list into smaller, equal, and larger elements, then recursively sorts each partition and concatenates the results.
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>Now add type hints and a docstring
def quicksort(arr: list[int]) -> list[int]: """Sort a list using the quicksort algorithm. Args: arr: List of integers to sort. Returns: A new sorted list. """ if len(arr) <= 1: return arr pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2] left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot] middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot] right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot] return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right) Added type hints for the input and return type, plus a Google-style docstring.
Estimated: 58.3 tok/s decode · 3.3s TTFT (warm) · 146 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

This setup is broadly balanced for this model.

No major red flags

This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatBRuns well54.2 tok/s1947 ms33K
CodingBRuns well54.2 tok/s3570 ms33K
Agentic CodingBTight fit54.2 tok/s5193 ms33K
ReasoningBRuns well54.2 tok/s4219 ms33K
RAGBTight fit54.2 tok/s6491 ms33K

Quantization options

How Codestral 22B (22B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA A30 24GB (24.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
8.6 GB
LowB58
Q3_K_S
3
10.8 GB
LowB60
NVFP4
4

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Codestral 22B on your machine.

Run

ollama run codestral

Upgrade options

Hardware that runs Codestral 22B well

👁 NVIDIA
RTX 5090 32GBBudget pick
32 GB VRAM (+8)1792 GB/s (+859)
B
Raises estimated decode speed by about 65%.96.2 tok/s decode

Raises estimated decode speed by about 65%.

Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.

~$1,999 MSRP

Frequently asked questions

See all results for NVIDIA A30 24GBSee all hardware for Codestral 22B
12.3 GB
Medium
B60
Q4_K_M
4
13.4 GB
MediumB60
Q5_K_M
5
15.8 GB
HighB60
Q6_KBest for your GPU
6
18.0 GB
HighB59
Q8_0
8
23.5 GB
Very HighF0
F16
16
45.1 GB
MaximumF0