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can it run

Can the Mac mini M4 (32GB) run LLAMA4 Scout 109B A17B?

NO

No. 32GB of memory can't hold the 84GB working set this model needs. A smaller quant or a bigger machine is required.

~1.4–1.8 tok/s

weights 67GB + KV cache 0.75GB at 4k context vs ~30GB usable → no. 67.8 GB vs 30 GB usable — does not fit

computed roofline: 120 GB/s × 0.80–1.00 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 machine32GB unified
paramsScout 109B A17B
licensellama4 (gated on HF)
price$999

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)

Buy

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