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can it run

Can the ABS AI Workstation (3x R9700, 96GB) run mixtral 8x7B MoE?

STRETCH

Only with compromises. 32GB is below the 33GB working set — expect a lower quant, offloading, or heavy swap. Possible, not pleasant.

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Specs

model file26GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory33GB working set
this machine3x 32GB = 96GB VRAM + 128GB ECC DDR5
params8x7B MoE
licenseapache-2.0
price$14199

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull mixtral:8x7b

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) — cheapest machine that runs it ($1669)

ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 (GB300) — this model on the biggest machine

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