Model benchmarks

devstral-small-2:latest local LLM performance

As of April 2026, devstral-small-2:latest runs at up to 11.8 tok/s for local inference (best of 2 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

24.0B

Peak speed

11.8 tok/s

Average speed

11.1 tok/s

Min memory

25.1 GB

Max context

65.536 tokens

Avg quality

64.2

Benchmark runs

2

GPUs tested

1

Quality by task

Average LLM-judged quality (0–100) with the run-to-run spread shown as a P5–P95 band, overall and for each benchmark task, across all 2 runs. The low and high columns show how much the judge’s score varies between runs, and need at least two runs to display.

TaskP5 (low)AvgP95 (high)
Overall62.764.265.7
Agent Workflow62.266.270.1
Code Generation53.756.960.0
Role Play & Narrative70.071.472.8
Research & Analysis59.862.264.7

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination devstral-small-2:latest has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated April 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXOllamaQ4_K_M11.8 tok/s11.1 tok/s25.1 GB65.536 tokens64.22

Benchmark runs

All 2 devstral-small-2:latest runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is devstral-small-2:latest good for coding?
In our benchmarks, devstral-small-2:latest scores 56.9/100 for coding. It runs at about 11.1 tok/s, so if you want more speed, /home/polaris/models/Tiel-Coder-35B-A3B-MTP-UD-Q6_K_XL.gguf is faster (~35.6 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (84.9/100).
Is devstral-small-2:latest good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, devstral-small-2:latest scores 66.2/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 11.1 tok/s, so if you want more speed, muse-glimmer:latest is faster (~34.5 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (93.0/100).
How fast is devstral-small-2:latest for local inference?
Across 2 community benchmark runs, devstral-small-2:latest reaches up to 11.8 tok/s and averages 11.1 tok/s, with the fastest results on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
How much memory does devstral-small-2:latest need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 25.1 GB of memory (quantizations tested: Q4_K_M).
Which tools have been used to run devstral-small-2:latest?
Benchmarks were submitted using Ollama. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.