NVIDIA A6000 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of mistralai/Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
NVIDIA A6000 can run mistralai/Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 75 tokens/second, you can expect Good speed - acceptable for interactive use.
You have 37GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 11GB | 48GB | 74.53 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 23GB | 48GB | 51.92 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 46GB | 48GB | 27.91 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |