Can Devstral Small 1.1 run on Tesla P40 24GB?

YES — Tight Fit

S88Excellent

○Estimated from fit model

Devstral Small 1.1 needs ~20.7 GB VRAM. Tesla P40 24GB has 24.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~15 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: TightBandwidth: LowStack: BasicBottleneck: Balanced

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) — 20.7 GB, 15.0 tok/s, Tight fit

20.7 GB required24.0 GB available

86% VRAM used

Fit status

Tight fit

Decode

15.0 tok/s

TTFT

12915 ms

Safe context

38K

Memory

20.7 GB / 24.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights14.6 GB

KV Cache2.4 GB

Runtime1.2 GB

Headroom2.4 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsDevstral Small 1.1 on Tesla P40 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: 15.0 tok/s decode · 12.9s TTFT (warm) · 38 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

This setup is broadly balanced for this model.

Older PCIe generation

PCIe 3.0 is workable, but it compounds the penalty when you offload heavily or try to scale across multiple cards.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Chat	S	Runs well	15.0 tok/s	7045 ms	38K
Coding	S	Tight fit	15.0 tok/s	12915 ms	38K
Agentic Coding	S	Runs with offload	15.0 tok/s	18786 ms	38K
Reasoning	S	Tight fit	15.0 tok/s	15264 ms	38K
RAG	S	Runs with offload	15.0 tok/s	23483 ms	38K

Quantization options

How Devstral Small 1.1 (24B params) fits at each quantization level on Tesla P40 24GB (24.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	9.4 GB	Low	S88
Q3_K_S	3	11.8 GB	Low	S90
NVFP4	4	13.4 GB	Medium	S90
Q4_K_M	4	14.6 GB	Medium	S89
Q5_K_MBest for your GPU	5	17.3 GB	High	S89
Q6_K	6	19.7 GB	High	F0
Q8_0	8	25.7 GB	Very High	F0
F16	16	49.2 GB	Maximum	F0

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Devstral Small 1.1 on your machine.

Run

lms load Devstral-Small-2507 && lms server start

Your hardware

More models your Tesla P40 24GB can run

Model	Params	Grade	Decode
👁 Alibaba Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct	30.5B	S	30.9 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.5 27B	27B	S	13.4 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.6 27B	27B	S	13.4 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct	30B	S	31.9 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.5 35B A3B	35B	A	16.7 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

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⇱ Devstral Small 1.1 on Tesla P40 24GB? TIGHT FIT