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Can the Intel Arc A770 16GB run Mistral Small v24.09?

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

Mistral Small v24.09 on the Intel Arc A770 16GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q4 yes 3k 26.4-32.7 t/s ~1.9-2.3 (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 Intel Arc A770 16GB run Mistral Small v24.09?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~26.4-32.7 tok/s and fits up to 3k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~1.9-2.3 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 3k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.