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Can the Apple M1 Max run mixtral 8x7B MoE?

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26.5 of 30 GB usable — keep context modest

~30GB usable · Apple M1 Max · model file 26GB · 8x7B MoE

~56–82 tok/s (active-expert estimate)

computed roofline: 400 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 3.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

MoE: file is 26GB (that decides fit) but only ~1.05B of experts activate per token (~3.9GB streamed) — band below is the active-expert estimate, optimistic; community MoE rows run several× the naive bandwidth math

Run mixtral 8x7B MoE on instead

Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) — cheapest catalog machine that runs mixtral 8x7B MoE fully ($1669)

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