Apple M4 Max~17 tok/s (Q4)

mistralai/Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1 speed on Apple M4 Max

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for mistralai/Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1 running on Apple M4 Max.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

Modelmistralai/Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1

GPUApple M4 Max

Q4 speed17 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required69GB

Data Source

Calculation and benchmark status

Speed values come from the compatibility dataset (`estimatedTokensPerSec`) and are sorted by quantization.

For full verdict logic and alternate GPUs, see the canonical compatibility page.

Quantization Speed Table

Quantization	VRAM needed	VRAM available	Speed	Verdict
Q4	69GB	128GB	17 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	138GB	128GB	13 tok/s	❌ Not recommended
FP16	275GB	128GB	8 tok/s	❌ Not recommended