Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 vs Inkling Small

Inkling Small leads llmrun Score 119.6 to 72.2; neither fits 24 GB.

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Model A · Mistral AI

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

72.2llmrun Score

140.6B · 39.2B active · 64K context · Apache 2.0 · Apr 2024

ChatFunctions

Model B · Thinking Machines

Inkling Small

119.6llmrun Score

266.0B · 1.7B active · Apache 2.0 · Jul 2026

VisionChat

Which should you choose?

Choose Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 if you want…

Fits a Mac 128 GB
Q4_K_M · 88.4 GB; Inkling Small needs 76.3 GB at its smallest quant
Lighter on memory
85.2 vs 160.2 GB at Q4_K_M
Also does function-calling
Inkling Small doesn't list it

Choose Inkling Small if you want…

Higher llmrun Score
119.6 vs 72.2
Stronger at reasoning
122.6 vs 78.5
Also does vision
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 doesn't list it
Newer release
Jul 2026 vs Apr 2024

On your hardware

Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.

MemoryMixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1Inkling Small

8 GB

RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 42.7 GB

Inkling Small

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 76.3 GB

12 GB

RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 42.7 GB

Inkling Small

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 76.3 GB

16 GB

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 42.7 GB

Inkling Small

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 76.3 GB

24 GBreference

RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 42.7 GB

Inkling Small

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 76.3 GB

32 GB

RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 42.7 GB

Inkling Small

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 76.3 GB

48 GB

RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

IQ2_XS · ~37 tok/s

46.3 GB · up to 16Kfits

Inkling Small

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 76.3 GB

Mac 32 GB

Mac Mini M4 · Macs

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 42.7 GB

Inkling Small

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 76.3 GB

Mac 64 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

IQ2_M · ~22 tok/s

51.5 GB · up to 32Kfits

Inkling Small

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 76.3 GB

Mac 128 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Q4_K_M · ~14 tok/s

88.4 GB · up to 64Kmore headroom

Inkling Small

Q2_K · ~97 tok/s

116.2 GB · up to 32K

Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).

llmrun Score

with its 90% range · bars share one scale

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 Inkling Small

Overall

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

72.266–78

Inkling Small

119.6117–122

Math

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

no data

Inkling Small

117.1113–121

Science

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

no data

Inkling Small

118.2107–129

Reasoning

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

78.568–89

Inkling Small

122.6119–126

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 · #98 of 106 open models · #55 of 62 that fit ≤96 GB

Inkling Small · #16 of 106 open models · #6 of 82 that fit ≤192 GB

Benchmarks

1 shared board: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 leads 0, Inkling Small leads 1 · Benchmarks imported Nov 2026

BoardMixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1Inkling Small

GPQA Diamond

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

34.1%#78/100 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Apr 2024

Inkling Small

88.5%#15/100 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Jul 2026

17 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)

LMArena Text

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

1229.7#136/188 open

ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026

Inkling Small

1405.5#47/188 open

ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026

Only Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 (5)

Only Inkling Small (11)

VRAM by quantization

Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.

QuantMixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1Inkling Small

Q2_K

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

60.5 GB52.1 GB file

32K 67.6 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

114 GB~113.0 GB file

32K 119 GB · 128K 136 GB

Q3_K_S

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

62.3 GB61.5 GB file

32K 69.4 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

not listed

Q3_K_M

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

69.3 GB67.8 GB file

32K 76.4 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

130 GB119.4 GB file

32K 136 GB · 128K 153 GB

Q4_K_M

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

85.2 GB85.6 GB file

32K 92.2 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

160 GB162.5 GB file

32K 166 GB · 128K 182 GB

Q5_K_M

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

101 GB100.0 GB file

32K 108 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

190 GB196.1 GB file

32K 195 GB · 128K 212 GB

Q6_K

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

117 GB~116.0 GB file

32K 124 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

220 GB218.9 GB file

32K 225 GB · 128K 242 GB

Q8_0

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

141 GB149.4 GB file

32K 148 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

267 GB280.3 GB file

32K 272 GB · 128K 289 GB

13 more quants

IQ2_XXS

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

39.4 GB37.9 GB file

32K 46.5 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

73.8 GB82.3 GB file

32K 79.1 GB · 128K 96.0 GB

IQ2_XS

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

43.0 GB42.0 GB file

32K 50.0 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

not listed

IQ2_S

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

44.7 GB42.6 GB file

32K 51.8 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

not listed

IQ2_M

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

48.2 GB46.7 GB file

32K 55.3 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

90.4 GB82.4 GB file

32K 95.7 GB · 128K 113 GB

IQ3_XXS

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

not listed

Inkling Small

104 GB97.9 GB file

32K 109 GB · 128K 126 GB

IQ3_XS

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

58.8 GB58.2 GB file

32K 65.8 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

not listed

IQ3_S

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

not listed

Inkling Small

114 GB107.5 GB file

32K 119 GB · 128K 136 GB

Q3_K_L

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

72.8 GB72.6 GB file

32K 79.9 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

not listed

IQ4_XS

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

76.4 GB76.4 GB file

32K 83.4 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

144 GB127.4 GB file

32K 149 GB · 128K 166 GB

IQ4_NL

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

not listed

Inkling Small

150 GB130.1 GB file

32K 156 GB · 128K 172 GB

Q4_K_S

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

79.9 GB80.5 GB file

32K 86.9 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

150 GB152.3 GB file

32K 156 GB · 128K 172 GB

Q5_K_S

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

97.5 GB97.0 GB file

32K 105 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

184 GB184.2 GB file

32K 189 GB · 128K 206 GB

BF16

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

282 GB~281.3 GB file

32K 289 GB · 128K —

Inkling Small

533 GB527.4 GB file

32K 538 GB · 128K 555 GB

How to run each

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Ollama · Q4_K_M

$ollama run hf.co/MaziyarPanahi/Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1-GGUF:Q4_K_M

All ways to run Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 →

Inkling Small

Ollama · Q4_K_M

$ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Inkling-Small-GGUF:Q4_K_M

All ways to run Inkling Small →

Specifications

Specifications of Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 and Inkling Small
Spec	Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1	Inkling Small
Publisher	Mistral AI	Thinking Machines
Parameters	140.6B	266.0B
Active parameters	39B per token	1.7B per token
Architecture	MixtralForCausalLM	InklingForConditionalGeneration
Context	64K tokens	—
Modalities	Chat, Function-calling	Vision, Chat
License	Apache 2.0	Apache 2.0
Released	Apr 2024	Jul 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small leads llmrun Score 119.6 to 72.2; neither fits 24 GB. Choose Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 for fits a Mac 128 GB and lighter on memory; choose Inkling Small for higher llmrun Score and stronger at reasoning.

Which needs less VRAM, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 or Inkling Small?

At Q4_K_M, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 requires 85.2 GB while Inkling Small needs 160.2 GB, making Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 the easier model to run on your local setup.

Can I run Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 or Inkling Small on a 16 GB GPU?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 does not fit (smallest quant needs 42.7 GB); Inkling Small does not fit (smallest quant needs 76.3 GB).