Apple M2 Ultra meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of mistralai/Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M2 Ultra can run mistralai/Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 31 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 123GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 69GB | 192GB | 30.58 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 138GB | 192GB | 20.66 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 275GB | 192GB | 10.40 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |