Can I Run Mistral Medium 3.5 128B on a NVIDIA A100 80GB?
Runs at Q4_K_M — good quality with reasonable headroom.
2 quantizations fit your 80.0GB
| Quant | Min VRAM | Recommended | File size | Headroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_MBEST | 78.4 GB | 79.9 GB | 74.9 GB | +1.6 GB |
| Q2_K | 43.0 GB | 44.5 GB | 46.6 GB | +37.0 GB |
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FAQ
Can the NVIDIA A100 80GB run Mistral Medium 3.5 128B?
Yes. The NVIDIA A100 80GB's 80.0GB of VRAM is enough to run Mistral Medium 3.5 128B at Q4_K_M quantization (78.4GB required).
What's the best quantization to use?
Q4_K_M is the highest-precision quantization that fits in your 80.0GB. It uses about 78.4GB of memory and 79.9GB recommended for comfortable inference.
What if I need more headroom for context length?
KV cache memory grows with context length. The numbers above assume a baseline 2K-4K context. For long-context use (32K+), add another 2-6GB depending on the model architecture.