Can I run Llama 4 Scout locally?
Of the setups on this page, only the 2 two-card PCs run it, and only slowly: Llama 4 Scout needs about 68 GB of graphics memory, so part of it has to run from normal memory. A single card does not have enough graphics memory on its own. In a PC with enough normal memory it also runs slowly on one card.
The cheapest machine on our list that runs it: Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB, $3,683€3,290. price unverified
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We don't give a speed for this model yet. This model only uses part of itself for each word (a mixture of experts), and our speed estimate does not handle that yet.
Which graphics cards run it
Seven popular graphics cards and two PCs with two cards each, at the standard quality (Q4). Click one for the full answer: memory, speed and price.
Runs slowly2
Part of the model spills into normal memory, which is much slower.
Doesn't fit7
Not enough graphics memory: it needs about 67.8 GB. In a PC with enough normal memory it runs slowly: Mid-range PC with RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, $1,849€1,999. price unverified
- RTX 3060 12GBhas 12 GB
- RTX 4060 Ti 16GBhas 16 GB
- RTX 3090has 24 GB
- RTX 4090has 24 GB
- RTX 5080has 16 GB
- RTX 5090has 32 GB
- RX 7900 XTXhas 24 GB
Cheapest hardware for each size
From all 36 graphics cards, PCs and Macs on our list. "Runs slowly" means part of the model runs from normal memory: cheaper, but much slower. A smaller download needs less memory and answers a little less well.
- Standard quality (Q4_K_M)Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB, $3,683€3,290 price unverified
- Standard quality (Q4_K_M), runs slowlyMid-range PC with RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, $1,849€1,999 price unverified
- Smallest download (UD-IQ1_S)Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB, $2,116€1,890 price unverified
- Smallest download (UD-IQ1_S), runs slowlyBudget PC with RTX 3060 12GB, $1,305€1,357 price unverified
Prices excl. shipping. Euro prices incl. VAT. Dollar prices are converted from our euro prices without EU VAT, before US sales tax.
Prices moved: see Building a local LLM rig in the RAMageddon.
About Llama 4 Scout
108.64B total, 17B active. Parameter count is an estimate. More parameters usually means a smarter model that needs more memory.
- Licence:
- Llama 4 Community License source
- Longest conversation:
- about 15729 pages of text (10,485,760 tokens)
- Input:
- text + image in, text out
- Released:
- source
Technical notes
Meta's mixture-of-experts model with image input and a very long context window. At our default quality it needs about 68 GB, so no single graphics card on our list holds it, but a 96 GB or 128 GB Mac or a 128 GB mini PC does. Because it reads images, Meta's licence gives no rights to people or companies based in the EU. End users of a product built on it are not affected.
Memory at each quality level
Each download of Llama 4 Scout is a different size. The total adds the file, the memory a conversation of about 12 pages of text (8,192 tokens) takes, and 0.8 GB of working space. A measured file size is labelled; the rest is our estimate. The last column is the cheapest machine that holds the total.
Swipe the table sideways to see every column, up to the cheapest machine.
| Quality (file) | File size | Conversation | Working space | Total | Cheapest machine that holds it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF16 | 215.56 GBmeasured GGUF | 1.6 GB | 0.8 GB | 218.0 GB | No machine on our list runs this size. |
| Q8_0 | 114.53 GBmeasured GGUF | 1.6 GB | 0.8 GB | 116.9 GB | Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB, $11,565€12,500 price unverified |
| Q6_K | 88.43 GBmeasured GGUF | 1.6 GB | 0.8 GB | 90.8 GB | Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB, $3,683€3,290 price unverified |
| Q5_K_M | 76.55 GBmeasured GGUF | 1.6 GB | 0.8 GB | 79.0 GB | Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB, $3,683€3,290 price unverified |
| Q4_K_M | 65.36 GBmeasured GGUF | 1.6 GB | 0.8 GB | 67.8 GB | Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB, $3,683€3,290 price unverified |
| IQ4_XS | 57.65 GBmeasured GGUF | 1.6 GB | 0.8 GB | 60.1 GB | Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB, $3,683€3,290 price unverified |
| Q3_K_M | 51.76 GBmeasured GGUF | 1.6 GB | 0.8 GB | 54.2 GB | Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB, $3,683€3,290 price unverified |
| UD-Q2_K_XL | 42.38 GBmeasured GGUF | 1.6 GB | 0.8 GB | 44.8 GB | Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB, $2,116€1,890 price unverified |
| UD-IQ1_S | 32.47 GBmeasured GGUF | 1.6 GB | 0.8 GB | 34.9 GB | Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB, $2,116€1,890 price unverified |
speed: not estimated for MoE yet.
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Speeds and memory are our estimate from the hardware specs, not a measured test. Prices are dated and may change. How we calculate