# Can I run Mixtral 8x7B on Apple M4 Max (64GB)?

> **Yes, it runs.** Runs at Q4_K_M using ~28.9 GB of ~48 GB usable.

Last validated: 2026-06-15.

## Memory math
- Mixtral 8x7B: 46.7B (MoE, 12.9B active); Q4_K_M weighs 26.49 GB on disk.
- At Q4_K_M with a 4k context it needs ~28.9 GB (weights + KV cache + ~0.8 GB runtime overhead, ±15% with context length).
- Apple M4 Max (64GB): 64 GB unified, ~48 GB usable for model weights.
- Headroom: ~19.1 GB.

## How to run
Recommended quant: Q4_K_M. Best tool on macOS: LM Studio.

```sh
ollama run mixtral:8x7b
```

## Run Mixtral 8x7B on other devices
- [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mixtral-8x7b/nvidia-rtx-5090-32gb)
- [Apple M4 Pro (48GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mixtral-8x7b/apple-m4-pro-48gb)
- [Apple M5 Pro (48GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mixtral-8x7b/apple-m5-pro-48gb)
- [Apple M4 Max (128GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mixtral-8x7b/apple-m4-max-128gb)
- [Apple M5 Max (128GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mixtral-8x7b/apple-m5-max-128gb)
- [Apple M3 Ultra (256GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mixtral-8x7b/apple-m3-ultra-256gb)

## Other models that run on Apple M4 Max (64GB)
- [Llama 3.3 70B (70B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/llama-3.3-70b/apple-m4-max-64gb)
- [Command R 35B (35B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/command-r-35b/apple-m4-max-64gb)
- [Yi 1.5 34B (34B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/yi-1.5-34b/apple-m4-max-64gb)
- [Qwen2.5 32B (32B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen2.5-32b/apple-m4-max-64gb)
- [Qwen3 32B (32B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen3-32b/apple-m4-max-64gb)
- [DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 32B (32B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b/apple-m4-max-64gb)

Estimate, not a guarantee. Sources: https://ollama.com/library/mixtral, https://ollama.com/library/mixtral/tags, https://huggingface.co/MaziyarPanahi/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1-GGUF, https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1.
More: https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mixtral-8x7b/apple-m4-max-64gb