Question 1

Can RTX 4000 Ada Laptop 12GB run Mistral Large 3?

Accepted Answer

No, Mistral Large 3 requires more memory than RTX 4000 Ada Laptop 12GB provides.

Question 2

How much VRAM does Mistral Large 3 need?

Accepted Answer

Mistral Large 3 (675B parameters) requires approximately 421.8 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.

Question 3

What is the best quantization for Mistral Large 3?

Accepted Answer

The recommended quantization for Mistral Large 3 is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Agentic Coding	F	Too heavy	2.2 tok/s	128167 ms	4K
Chat	F	Too heavy	2.2 tok/s	48063 ms	4K
Coding	F	Too heavy	2.2 tok/s	89339 ms	4K
RAG	F	Too heavy	2.2 tok/s	160209 ms	4K
Reasoning	F	Too heavy	2.2 tok/s	104136 ms	4K

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	263.3 GB	Low	F0
Q3_K_S	3	330.8 GB	Low	F0
NVFP4	4

Can RTX 4000 Ada Laptop 12GB run Mistral Large 3?

Memory breakdown