Mistral AI · 46.7B parameters · 32.8K context · commercial OK
Local (your GPU) $0 · ~34 GB VRAM | Rent a GPU from $0.24/hr | Your API key $0.24/1M |
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Already have 34 GB of VRAM? Run Q4_K_M locally for $0 compute. Open the local setup guide →
No matching GPU? For a 4,000-token prompt + 2,000-token answer, an API is about $0.0014 — no GPU setup. Open the API option →
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Sparse mixture-of-experts — 46.7B total params, ~13B active. Great quality, needs real VRAM.
$0.24/1M blended input + output · last-known
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At $0.24/1M tokens, the cheapest API for Mixtral 8x7B Instruct stays cheaper than Apple MacBook Pro 14" M3 Max 36GB (used) at any daily volume — electricity alone costs more per token than the API does.
Local is never $0 — every figure here includes electricity and hardware amortization. Speeds come from published 7-8B Q4 benchmarks (your model, quant, and context will differ); break-even volumes are rounded to 2 significant figures.
| Parameters | 46.7B |
|---|---|
| Context window | 32.8K tokens |
| Recommended quant | Q4_K_M |
| VRAM requirement | ~34 GB (at Q4_K_M, 16.4K context) |
| Download size | ~26 GB |
| License | Commercial use OK |
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Three ways: $0 on your own machine if you have about 34 GB of VRAM (at Q4_K_M); a rented GPU from $0.24/hr (4× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB at the direct Vast.ai price); or about $0.24 per 1M blended tokens via your own API key (last-known price, 2026-07-27). Spanvero adds $0 markup on every path.
Yes — Mixtral 8x7B Instruct runs locally for $0 in compute if your GPU or Apple Silicon Mac has about 34 GB of VRAM/unified memory (at Q4_K_M with 16.4K context). Point LM Studio, Ollama, or llama.cpp at it; after the download it runs offline and free.
Any GPU or Apple Silicon Mac with about 34 GB of VRAM/unified memory handles Mixtral 8x7B Instruct at Q4_K_M. Of the consumer hardware Spanvero tracks, the smallest that fits is Apple MacBook Pro 14" M3 Max 36GB (used).
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