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can it run

Can the Mac mini M4 Pro (64GB) run LLAMA4 Scout 109B A17B?

STRETCH

Only with compromises. 64GB is below the 84GB working set — expect a lower quant, offloading, or heavy swap. Possible, not pleasant.

~2.2–3.3 tok/s

weights 67GB + KV cache 0.75GB at 4k context vs ~62GB usable → offload-partial. 67.8 GB vs 62 GB usable — partial CPU offload, expect large speed loss

computed roofline: 273 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 67.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file67GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory84GB working set
this machine64GB unified
paramsScout 109B A17B
licensellama4 (gated on HF)
price$2199

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull llama4:scout

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

NIMO AI Mini PC (128GB) — cheapest machine that runs it ($1999)

ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 (GB300) — this model on the biggest machine

Buy

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