Mixtral 8x22B needs ~91.4 GB but GTX 1080 Ti 11GB only has 11.0 GB. Try a smaller quantization or lighter model.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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80.4 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Too heavy
Decode
2.0 tok/s
TTFT
96800 ms
Safe context
4K
Memory
91.4 GB / 11.0 GB
Offload
90%
Usable VRAM is the main blocker for this model.
Not enough usable memory
The model needs 91.4 GB, but this setup only exposes 11.0 GB of usable VRAM.
Older PCIe generation
PCIe 3.0 is workable, but it compounds the penalty when you offload heavily or try to scale across multiple cards.
Add more VRAM headroom
The first useful upgrade is more dedicated VRAM so you can fit the model without shrinking context or dropping to a much lower quant.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | F | Too heavy | 2.0 tok/s | 52800 ms | 4K |
| Coding | F | Too heavy | 2.0 tok/s | 96800 ms | 4K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 2.0 tok/s | 140800 ms | 4K |
| Reasoning | F | Too heavy | 2.0 tok/s | 114400 ms | 4K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 2.0 tok/s | 176000 ms | 4K |
How Mixtral 8x22B (141B params) fits at each quantization level on GTX 1080 Ti 11GB (11.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 55.0 GB | Low | F0 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 69.1 GB | Low | F0 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Upgrade options
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GBBudget pickMakes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$9,999 MSRP
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition 96GBBest valueMakes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$9,999 MSRP
NVIDIA H200 141GBBiggest leapMakes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
~$30,000 MSRP
NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GBNVIDIA upgradeMakes the model fit on the accelerator instead of staying completely out of reach.
Removes host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
No, Mixtral 8x22B requires more memory than GTX 1080 Ti 11GB provides.
Mixtral 8x22B (141B parameters) requires approximately 91.4 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Mixtral 8x22B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On GTX 1080 Ti 11GB, Mixtral 8x22B achieves approximately 2.0 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 96800ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Mixtral 8x22B on GTX 1080 Ti 11GB receives a F grade with 2.0 tok/s and 4K context.
On GTX 1080 Ti 11GB, Mixtral 8x22B can safely use up to 4K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 66K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
Add more VRAM headroom. The first useful upgrade is more dedicated VRAM so you can fit the model without shrinking context or dropping to a much lower quant.
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Preview:
| Medium |
| F0 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 86.0 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 101.5 GB | High | F0 |
Q6_K | 6 | 115.6 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 150.9 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 289.0 GB | Maximum | F0 |
