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Can the Huawei Ascend 950DT run Mistral Large 2.1?

Yes โ€” here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

Mistral Large 2.1 on the Huawei Ascend 950DT

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 24k 21.1-25.7 t/s ~0.2-0.3 (slow)
Q4 yes 190k 37.7-45.9 t/s ~0.4-0.5 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

FAQ

Can the Huawei Ascend 950DT run Mistral Large 2.1?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~37.7-45.9 tok/s and fits up to 190k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~0.4-0.5 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 190k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.