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Can a M2 Ultra 192GB run Mixtral 8x7B (MoE)?

Yes. Mixtral 8x7B (MoE) fits in fast memory on M2 Ultra 192GB at Q8_0 (51.8 GB needed, 144.0 GB usable), about 23 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M2 Ultra 192GB · Model: Mixtral 8x7B (MoE)

M2 Ultra 192GB has 192 GB of unified memory and 800 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 144.0 GB. Mixtral 8x7B (MoE) (46.7B, 12.9B active, Mistral) at Q8_0 is a 50 GB download and needs 51.8 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size50 GB
Memory needed51.8 GB
Usable fast memory144.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~23 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run mixtral:8x7b-instruct-v0.1-q8_0
Open M2 Ultra 192GB in the checker

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.

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