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can it run

Can the Tesla M40 (24GB, used) run devstral 24B?

TIGHT

Yes, but close to the edge. 24GB against a 19GB working set: it runs, with little room for long context windows or other processes.

~5.5–9.9 tok/s

weights 14.6GB + KV cache 0.62GB at 4k context vs ~24GB usable → full. 15.2 GB needed of 24 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 288 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 14.6GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file14.6GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory19GB working set
this machine24GB GDDR5, 288 GB/s
params24B
licenseapache-2.0
price$55

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull devstral:24b

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

Tesla V100 32GB (used) — cheapest machine that runs it ($645)

ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 (GB300) — this model on the biggest machine

every model the Tesla M40 (24GB, used) can run — full list

tesla-p40 — the next step up from this machine's GPU

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