Can Mistral Small 3.1 24B run on RTX 5090 32GB?

YES — Runs Great

S87Excellent

○Estimated from fit model

Mistral Small 3.1 24B needs ~21.5 GB VRAM. RTX 5090 32GB has 32.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~88 tok/s.

Runtime: OllamaCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: HighStack: 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) — 21.5 GB, 88.2 tok/s, Runs well

21.5 GB required32.0 GB available

67% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

88.2 tok/s

TTFT

2196 ms

Safe context

85K

Memory

21.5 GB / 32.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights14.6 GB

KV Cache2.4 GB

Runtime1.2 GB

Headroom3.2 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsMistral Small 3.1 24B on RTX 5090 32GB
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: 88.2 tok/s decode · 2.2s TTFT (warm) · 220 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

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Chat	S	Runs well	88.2 tok/s	1198 ms	85K
Coding	S	Runs well	88.2 tok/s	2196 ms	85K
Agentic Coding	S	Runs well	88.2 tok/s	3194 ms	85K
Reasoning	S	Runs well	88.2 tok/s	2595 ms	85K
RAG	S	Runs well	88.2 tok/s	3993 ms	85K

Quantization options

How Mistral Small 3.1 24B (24B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 5090 32GB (32.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	9.4 GB	Low	A77
Q3_K_S	3	11.8 GB	Low	A78
NVFP4	4	13.4 GB	Medium	A79
Q4_K_M	4	14.6 GB	Medium	A80
Q5_K_M	5	17.3 GB	High	A81
Q6_K	6	19.7 GB	High	A80
Q8_0Best for your GPU	8	25.7 GB	Very High	A80
F16	16	49.2 GB	Maximum	F0

Get started

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

Run

ollama run mistral-small:24b

Your hardware

More models your RTX 5090 32GB can run

Model	Params	Grade	Decode
👁 Alibaba Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct	30.5B	S	181.6 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.5 27B	27B	S	78.7 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.6 27B	27B	S	79 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen 3.6 35B A3B	35B	S	128.2 tok/s
👁 Alibaba Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct	30B	S	187.8 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

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⇱ Mistral Small 3.1 24B on RTX 5090 32GB? YES