How much memory does Llama 4 Scout need at Q4?

The Q4 figure used here is 65.4 GB. GGUF file size from the linked Hub repo. KV cache was not added, because this model's attention shape is not in the catalog.

What is the cheapest catalog device that runs Llama 4 Scout at Q4?

Framework Desktop 128GB, list price $3,449.

How fast is Llama 4 Scout on the Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB, as a bandwidth estimate?

About 80.1 tok/s at Q4. That is device bandwidth divided by active weight bytes, not a measured run.

Tight. Llama 4 Scout just fits on the Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB at Q4, with 1.8 GB of headroom. Usable memory is 67.2 GB.

Can the Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB run Llama 4 Scout?

Data updated 16 October 2026. Last reviewed the same day, when this catalog snapshot was written.

Usable memory on this 96 GB unified-memory config is 67.2 GB (70% of the sticker figure). A result under 2 GB of headroom is labeled tight.

Quant ladder

Estimated memory for Llama 4 Scout on Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB
Quant	Estimate	Headroom	Est. tok/s	Verdict
Q4	65.4 GB	1.8 GB	80.1 tok/s	Tight
Q8	115 GB	-47.3 GB	45.7 tok/s	No
FP16	261 GB	-193.5 GB	24.1 tok/s	No

GGUF file size from the linked Hub repo. KV cache was not added, because this model's attention shape is not in the catalog.
Formula estimate: parameter count × bytes per weight × 1.20. No GGUF file size is stored for this quant.
Tokens/sec is a bandwidth roofline: GB/s divided by active weight GB. It is not a measured generation speed.

KV cache at 8K and 32K

No KV-cache estimate. The public config for this model was gated, missing, or not a GQA or MLA shape this catalog knows how to read.

Offload

This machine has one memory pool. Weights are not offloaded to a second bank of system RAM.

Ollama

This command pulls the Q4_K_M file from unsloth/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct-GGUF, the Hub repo whose file size is used above. It is not an official Ollama library tag.

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Other picks

Cheapest catalog device at Q4: Framework Desktop 128GB
Llama 4 Scout is the catalog model whose Q4 estimate sits closest under this device's usable memory.

All hardware for Llama 4 Scout · All models for the Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB

Questions

How much memory does Llama 4 Scout need at Q4?: The Q4 figure used here is 65.4 GB. GGUF file size from the linked Hub repo. KV cache was not added, because this model's attention shape is not in the catalog.
Can the Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB run Llama 4 Scout?: Tight. Llama 4 Scout just fits on the Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB at Q4, with 1.8 GB of headroom. Usable memory is 67.2 GB.
What is the cheapest catalog device that runs Llama 4 Scout at Q4?: Framework Desktop 128GB, list price $3,449.
How fast is Llama 4 Scout on the Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB, as a bandwidth estimate?: About 80.1 tok/s at Q4. That is device bandwidth divided by active weight bytes, not a measured run.