Question 1

Can the CPU-only (DDR5 tuned / 4-channel) run mistral 7B?

Accepted Answer

mistral 7B needs about 4.6GB working set (weights 4.1GB + KV cache 0.5GB at 4k context). The CPU-only (DDR5 tuned / 4-channel) offers ~30GB usable — verdict: full. 4.6 GB needed of 30 GB usable — headroom for context

Question 2

How fast is mistral 7B on the CPU-only (DDR5 tuned / 4-channel)?

Accepted Answer

~20–31 tok/s on the CPU-only (DDR5 tuned / 4-channel). computed roofline: 179.2 GB/s × 0.45–0.70 efficiency window / 4.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Question 3

What should I run mistral 7B on instead?

Accepted Answer

Tesla M60 (16GB, used) runs it fully ($35).

Can the CPU-only (DDR5 tuned / 4-channel) run mistral 7B?

Run mistral 7B on instead