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can it run

Can the Mac mini M5 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.

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Specs

model file67GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory84GB working set
this machineup to 64GB unified
paramsScout 109B A17B
licensellama4 (gated on HF)
price$1669

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

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