Cheapest Cloud GPU to Host Mistral NeMo 12B
Mistral NeMo 12B is a compact, high-performance model with native 128k context support — the longest context window in its class. At FP16, the 25 GB model fits comfortably on an L40S (48 GB) with headroom for large KV-caches. At INT4, even the RTX 4090 handles it efficiently.
VRAM Sizing Matrix
Memory consumption at different quantization levels for Mistral NeMo 12B. Includes model weights only — KV-cache adds 2-32 GB depending on context length and batch size.
| Precision | VRAM Required | Fits On | Quality Loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 / BF16 | 25 GB | Single GPU with headroom | None (full precision) |
| FP8 | 13 GB | Single GPU | <1% perplexity delta |
| INT4 / AWQ | 8 GB | Single consumer GPU | 1-3% quality degradation |
Hardware Bottleneck Advice
KV-cache expansion, tensor parallelism constraints, and production considerations for Mistral NeMo 12B.
KV-Cache & Context Scaling
12B dense model with native 128k context support. At FP16 (25 GB), fits on L40S (48 GB) with 23 GB for KV-cache — supports 65k+ context. At INT4 (8 GB), even RTX 4090 (24 GB) handles it with room for 32k context.
Tensor Parallelism
TP=1 on any single GPU. The 12B parameter count is small enough for single-GPU serving at all precisions. No multi-GPU required.
Live Cloud Pricing for L40S
Filtered to L40S-class hardware — the recommended GPU for hosting Mistral NeMo 12B.
| Provider | GPU & VRAM | Interconnect | Spot Rate | On-Demand | Monthly | Status | Action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community | PCIe 4.0 (64 GB/s) | $0.69 / hr | $1.73 / hr | $422 / mo | Instant | |||
Cloud | PCIe 4.0 (64 GB/s) | $1.09 / hr | $2.73 / hr | $667 / mo | Instant | |||
Bare Metal | PCIe 4.0 (64 GB/s) | $1.19 / hr | $2.97 / hr | $728 / mo | Instant | |||
Dedicated | PCIe 4.0 (64 GB/s) | $1.49 / hr | $3.73 / hr | $912 / mo | Instant |
Production Runbook
Ready-to-deploy vLLM / SGLang launch command for Mistral NeMo 12B.
vllm serve mistralai/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407 --max-model-len 65536 --dtype autoRelated hosting guides