What are the hardware requirements for Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF?

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF requires approximately 15.6 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF and how large is it?

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF is developed by TheBloke. The model is published as open weights on Hugging Face and indexed on LLM Explorer with full benchmark history.

Where can I download or evaluate Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF?

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF by TheBloke — VRAM 15.6GB

Name: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF
Author: TheBloke

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF is an open-source language model by TheBloke. Features: LLM, VRAM: 15.6GB, License: apache-2.0, MoE, Quantized, Instruction-Based, LLM Explorer Score: 0.16.

Base model:mistralai/mixtral-8... Base model:quantized:mistralai... Conversational De En Es Fr Gguf Instruct It Mixtral Moe Quantized Region:us

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1-GGUF

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF Parameters and Internals

Model Type

mixtral

Additional Notes

The Mixtral 8X7B Instruct model is specially formatted and requires specific instruction cues ([INST] and [/INST]) for optimal performance. It is distributed in multiple quantized forms, supporting both CPU and GPU inference.

Supported Languages

fr (unknown), it (unknown), de (unknown), es (unknown), en (unknown)

Input Output

Input Format:

[INST] {prompt} [/INST]

Release Notes

Version:

v0.1

Notes:

This version supports languages such as French (fr), Italian (it), German (de), Spanish (es), and English (en). The model includes prompts in the format '[INST] {prompt} [/INST]' and is capable of producing outputs using pirate speak, as seen in the widget example.

LLM Name	Mixtral 8x7B Instruct V0.1 GGUF
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1-GGUF
Model Name	Mixtral 8X7B Instruct v0.1
Model Creator	Mistral AI_
Base Model(s)	mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1 mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1
Required VRAM	15.6 GB
Updated	2026-07-31
Maintainer	TheBloke
Model Type	mixtral
Instruction-Based	Yes
Model Files	15.6 GB 20.4 GB 26.4 GB 26.4 GB 32.2 GB 32.2 GB 38.4 GB 49.6 GB
Supported Languages	fr it de es en
GGUF Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	gguf
Model Architecture	AutoModel
License	apache-2.0

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