Impact Score: 5/10
Ollama v0.1.16 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.1.16. Source highlight: This release adds support Mixtral and other models based on its Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture. Note: this model requires at least 48GB of memory.
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✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- Add support Mixtral and other models based on its Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (1)
- Fixed issue where `load_duration` was not in the response for `/api/generate`
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
This release adds support Mixtral and other models based on its Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture. Note: this model requires at least 48GB of memory.
```
ollama run mixtral
```
## New models
* [Mixtral](https://ollama.ai/library/mixtral): A high-quality mixture of experts model with open weights.
* [Dolphin Mixtral](https://ollama.ai/jmorgan/dolphin-mixtral): An uncensored, fine-tuned model based on the Mixtral mixture of experts model that excels at coding tasks.
## What's Changed
* Add support Mixtral and other models based on its Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture
* Fixed issue where `load_duration` was not in the response for `/api/generate`
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/compare/v0.1.15...v0.1.16