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Can Mixtral 8x22B Instruct run on NVIDIA RTX 3060 8 GB?
No. Estimated memory for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct exceeds NVIDIA RTX 3060 8 GB, including the modeled offload allowance.
Can it run?
- Can it run?
- No (calculated estimate).
- Full GPU fit?
- No
- Model
- Mixtral 8x22B Instruct · 141B
- GPU
- NVIDIA RTX 3060 8 GB · 8 GB advertised
Memory calculation
Breakdown for Q4 at 8K context, batch size 1. Calculator v1.0.0.
| Model weights | 82.7 GB |
|---|---|
| KV cache | 1.8 GB |
| Runtime reserve | 4.6 GB |
| Safety margin | 2.7 GB |
| Required (estimated) | 91.8 GB |
| GPU usable VRAM | 7.2 GB |
Result: DOES NOT FIT
Quantization table
| Quantization | 2K | 4K | 8K | 16K | 32K | 64K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF16 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| FP16 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q3 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q4 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q5 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q6 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Q8 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
What fits entirely in VRAM?
No calculated full-VRAM fit at the evaluated quantizations and context lengths.
What requires RAM offload?
Offload is shown only when the model does not fully fit in usable VRAM but stays within the modeled offload allowance.
Available graphics cards
These SKUs use this GPU chip. Amazon CTAs appear only for EXACT/HIGH matches. Absence of a price does not change the compatibility result above.
ASUS DUAL-RTX3060-O8G-WHITE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon EXACT
$329.99
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MSI VENTUS RTX3060 2X OC 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon unmatched
ASUS DUAL-RTX3060-O8G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GDDR6
8 GB · Amazon unmatched
Sources
Model: official config mistralai/Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1 (main). GPU/product specs: Icecat. Compatibility: RigForAI calculator v1.0.0 estimated VRAM · Q8 at 8K: DOES_NOT_FIT. Amazon: affiliate commerce match, not a spec source.