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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB run Mistral Small 3 24B (2501)?

60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 51/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, but slowly (heavy RAM offload)

Slow (heavy RAM offload). At Q4_K_M it needs about 16.7 GB of 8.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 5.2 tok/s.

Best quant
Q4_K_M
Generation speed
5.2 tok/s
Prompt processing
417 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
2.5 s
Largest safe context
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Best app to run it on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

On Windows

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

  • Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open Mistral Small 3 24B (2501) in LM Studio

  • Ollama Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • llama.cpp Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.

On Linux

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

  • Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open Mistral Small 3 24B (2501) in LM Studio

  • Ollama Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
  • llama.cpp Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.

Want an agent? Mistral Small 3 24B (2501) supports tool use, so you can pair a llama.cpp or MLX LM server with one of these. Apps that run on this computer come first.

Coding agents

Personal assistants

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download Mistral Small 3 24B (2501)

Recommended for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB: Q4_K_M. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run mistral-small:24b-instruct-2501-q4_K_M

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q4_K_M file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/unsloth/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Mistral AI, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/mistralai/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501 (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Links checked 3 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 51/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
How capable the model itself is at Q4_K_M, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Slowheavy RAM offload
How well it runs on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB: speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.27.4 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.4.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.5.4 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.15.0 / 15
Match score51.8 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 11.8 GB 8.0 GB 11.7 tok/s Slowheavy RAM offload 44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 47/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 13.9 GB 8.0 GB 7.7 tok/s Slowheavy RAM offload 53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 16.7 GB 8.0 GB 5.2 tok/s Slowheavy RAM offload 60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 51/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 19.1 GB 8.0 GB 4.0 tok/s Slowheavy RAM offload 62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 51/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 21.7 GB 8.0 GB 3.2 tok/s Slowheavy RAM offload 63Good quality (B) · 63 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 51/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 27.3 GB 8.0 GB — Won't run 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 49.5 GB 8.0 GB — Won't run 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

Quick answers

How much memory does Mistral Small 3 24B (2501) need on the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB?

At Q4_K_M it needs about 16.7 GB. The RTX 5060 Ti 8GB has 8.0 GB usable.

How fast is Mistral Small 3 24B (2501) on the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB?

About 5.2 tok/s at Q4_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Mistral Small 3 24B (2501) should I use on the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB?

Q4_K_M. Of the versions that fit, it is the one that runs best; when two run equally well, the check prefers the higher-rated one.

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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