can it run
No. 8GB of memory can't hold the 33GB working set this model needs. A smaller quant or a bigger machine is required.
| model file | 26GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 33GB working set |
| this machine | 8GB LPDDR4x + 13 TOPS Hailo accelerator |
| params | 8x7B MoE |
| license | apache-2.0 |
| price | $110 |
easy run: ollama pull mixtral:8x7b
runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio
→ Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) — cheapest machine that runs it ($1669)