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Can Mistral Small 3.1 24B run on NVIDIA A800 80GB?

YES — Runs Great

A80Great
Estimated from fit model

Mistral Small 3.1 24B needs ~26.3 GB VRAM. NVIDIA A800 80GB has 80.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~103 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) — 26.3 GB, 110.8 tok/s, Runs well
26.3 GB required80.0 GB available
33% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

110.8 tok/s

TTFT

1747 ms

Safe context

131K

Memory

26.3 GB / 80.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights14.6 GB
KV Cache2.4 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom8.0 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsMistral Small 3.1 24B on NVIDIA A800 80GB
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: 110.8 tok/s decode · 1.7s TTFT (warm) · 277 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
ChatARuns well110.8 tok/s953 ms131K
CodingARuns well103.1 tok/s1878 ms131K
Agentic CodingARuns well110.8 tok/s2541 ms131K
ReasoningARuns well110.8 tok/s2064 ms131K
RAGARuns well110.8 tok/s3176 ms131K

Quantization options

How Mistral Small 3.1 24B (24B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA A800 80GB (80.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
9.4 GB
LowA71
Q3_K_S
3
11.8 GB
LowA72
NVFP4
4

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Mistral Small 3.1 24B on your machine.

Run

ollama run mistral-small:24b

Your hardware

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Frequently asked questions

See all results for NVIDIA A800 80GBSee all hardware for Mistral Small 3.1 24B
13.4 GB
Medium
A72
Q4_K_M
4
14.6 GB
MediumA72
Q5_K_M
5
17.3 GB
HighA73
Q6_K
6
19.7 GB
HighA73
Q8_0
8
25.7 GB
Very HighA74
F16Best for your GPU
16
49.2 GB
MaximumA79
228.2 tok/s
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Qwen 3.5 27B
27BS99 tok/s
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Qwen 3.6 27B
27BS99.3 tok/s
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Qwen 3.5 122B A10B
122BA45.9 tok/s