picksbycard
August 23, 2026No. 113
GeForce RTX 5090 · 32GB GDDR7

Can the GeForce RTX 5090 run Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct (2506)?

Fits comfortably at Q4_K_M.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct (2506) is 24B parameters. At Q4_K_M the weights are about 13.4 GiB; with the 1.5 GiB runtime reserve that is 14.9 GiB against the card's 32GB, leaving about 17.1 GiB for context.

All three quants

32GB card
QuantWeightsWith reserveVerdictHeadroom
Q4_K_Mthe everyday quant13.4 GiB14.9 GiBFits comfortably17.1 GiB
Q8_0near-lossless23.7 GiB25.2 GiBFits comfortably6.8 GiB
FP16full weights44.7 GiB46.2 GiBOnly with CPU offloadshort 14.2 GiB

Verdict rules: fits comfortably when weights plus reserve sit within 85% of VRAM; tight when they fit with little left for context; CPU offload when they exceed VRAM by up to 2x (runs, slowly, with layers in system RAM); no beyond that. The KV cache per token depends on the model's architecture and is not modelled here.

Good match. Get the card.

The GeForce RTX 5090 clears Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct (2506) at Q4_K_M and at Q8_0. Live listings below; this page was rebuilt 2026-08-23.

Amazon links may earn us a commission. Prices move daily; the links open live listings.

About the model

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct (2506) by Mistral AI: 131,072-token native context, text + vision, released 2025 under the Apache-2.0. Model card → · Hosted pricing on PicksByModel →

The Silicon Note

One short read on the GPU market, most mornings. No spam, one-click out.