Alexander Kyng Q4_K_R4 119B Parameters

VRAM Requirements for
Mistral-Small-119B-2603-ik-GGUF Q4_K_R4

To run Mistral-Small-119B-2603-ik-GGUF locally at Q4_K_R4 quantization, you need at minimum 70.89 GB of GPU VRAM.

70.89 GB
Required VRAM
66.94 GB
File Size
8K tokens
Context Window
119B
Parameters
Estimated VRAM Required
70.89
GB
Data Centre Class
0 16GB
RTX 3080 48GB
A6000 80GB+

Recommended GPU Configurations

⚠️ 22.9 GB short
Budget $3,200 – $4,000

2× RTX 4090 (48GB) + aggressive quant

48 GB

Use a lower quantization to fit. Viable for testing at this scale.

Balanced $15,000 – $22,000

NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe

80 GB HBM2e

Single-card 80GB. Industry-standard for large model inference.

Ultimate $25,000 – $40,000

NVIDIA H100 80GB SXM5

80 GB HBM3

State-of-the-art inference. 3× the bandwidth of A100.

📊 VRAM Calculation Breakdown

Model File Size (Q4_K_R4) 66.94 GB
Context Overhead (8,192 tokens × 119B × 2 ÷ 1M) 1.95 GB
System Buffer (OS + CUDA runtime) 2.00 GB
Total Required VRAM 70.89 GB

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Mistral-Small-119B-2603-ik-GGUF — Other Quantizations

Q4_K_R4 Current
70.89 GB
Q5_K_R4 81.81 GB file
85.76 GB
BF16 238 GB file
241.95 GB
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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I run Mistral-Small-119B-2603-ik-GGUF Q4_K_R4 on a consumer GPU?
Running Mistral-Small-119B-2603-ik-GGUF Q4_K_R4 locally requires 70.89 GB VRAM, which exceeds consumer GPUs. You'll need prosumer cards like the NVIDIA A6000 (48GB) or an A100 (80GB).
What happens if I don't have enough VRAM?
If your GPU VRAM is insufficient, llama.cpp and similar tools will offload model layers to system RAM (CPU inference). This is much slower — expect 10-50× the generation latency compared to full GPU inference.
Can I use multiple GPUs to run Mistral-Small-119B-2603-ik-GGUF?
Yes! Tools like llama.cpp, vLLM, and Ollama support tensor parallelism across multiple GPUs. For example, 2× RTX 3090 (24GB each) gives you 48GB total VRAM, which can run many large models.
Is Q4_K_R4 quality good enough for production?
Q4_K_M is an excellent balance of quality and performance. Perplexity tests show minimal degradation (< 2%) vs FP16 for most models. Suitable for most production applications.