# Can I run Mistral Small 3 24B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB)?

> **Yes, it runs.** Runs at Q4_K_M using ~16.3 GB of ~23 GB usable.

Last validated: 2026-06-15.

## Memory math
- Mistral Small 3 24B: 24B; Q4_K_M weighs 14.33 GB on disk.
- At Q4_K_M with a 4k context it needs ~16.3 GB (weights + KV cache + ~0.8 GB runtime overhead, ±15% with context length).
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB): 24 GB vram, ~23 GB usable for model weights.
- Headroom: ~6.7 GB.

## How to run
Recommended quant: Q4_K_M. Best tool on Windows: LM Studio.

```sh
ollama run mistral-small3.2:24b
```

## Run Mistral Small 3 24B on other devices
- [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-small-3-24b/nvidia-rtx-4090-24gb)
- [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-small-3-24b/amd-rx-7900-xtx-24gb)
- [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-small-3-24b/nvidia-rtx-5090-32gb)
- [32GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-small-3-24b/laptop-32gb)
- [Apple M5 (32GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-small-3-24b/apple-m5-32gb)
- [Apple M4 Pro (48GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-small-3-24b/apple-m4-pro-48gb)

## Other models that run on Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB)
- [Command R 35B (35B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/command-r-35b/nvidia-rtx-3090-24gb)
- [Yi 1.5 34B (34B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/yi-1.5-34b/nvidia-rtx-3090-24gb)
- [Qwen2.5 32B (32B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen2.5-32b/nvidia-rtx-3090-24gb)
- [Qwen3 32B (32B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen3-32b/nvidia-rtx-3090-24gb)
- [DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 32B (32B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b/nvidia-rtx-3090-24gb)
- [Qwen2.5 Coder 32B (32B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen2.5-coder-32b/nvidia-rtx-3090-24gb)

Estimate, not a guarantee. Sources: https://ollama.com/library/mistral-small3.2, https://ollama.com/library/mistral-small3.2/tags, https://huggingface.co/bartowski/mistralai_Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506-GGUF, https://docs.mistral.ai/models/model-cards/mistral-small-3-2-25-06, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard.
More: https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-small-3-24b/nvidia-rtx-3090-24gb