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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 run Mistral Small 3.1?

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

Mistral Small 3.1 on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 15k 54.5-65 t/s ~1.2-1.5 (slow)
Q4 yes 55k 97.3-116 t/s ~2.2-2.6 (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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 run Mistral Small 3.1?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~97.3-116 tok/s and fits up to 55k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~2.2-2.6 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 55k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.