Question 1

Can I run Mistral Small 3.1 24B on a AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT?

Accepted Answer

Yes — AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT runs Mistral Small 3.1 24B fully on GPU at the Q4_K_M quantization. Full GPU inference — 16 GB VRAM meets the 16 GB recommendation.

Question 2

What quantization of Mistral Small 3.1 24B should I use on a AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT?

Accepted Answer

For 16 GB VRAM on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, the Q4_K_M variant is the best fit. Estimated ~32.5 tokens/sec on the Q4_K_M quantization.

Question 3

How fast does Mistral Small 3.1 24B run on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT?

Accepted Answer

Roughly 32.5 tokens/sec for Q4_K_M. Real speed depends on context length, backend (Ollama, llama.cpp, LM Studio), and KV cache size.

Question 4

What if AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is not enough for Mistral Small 3.1 24B?

Accepted Answer

Try a smaller quantization variant or run on CPU + RAM with the trade-off of slower generation.

Quantization	File Size	Min VRAM	Rec VRAM	Context	Verdict	Estimated tok/s
Q4_K_MBest fit	12.6 GB	14 GB	16 GB	8K / 128K	Full GPU	~32.5
FP16	45.6 GB	48 GB	54 GB	8K / 128K	Hybrid CPU+GPU	~4

Can I Run Mistral Small 3.1 24B on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT?

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