Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026
No. Llama 4 Scout 17B needs 65.8 GB at Q4_K_M and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has only 32 GB. No quantization we publish closes a gap that size.
| Model | Llama 4 Scout 17B |
| Parameters | 17B active / 109B total |
| Quantization | Q4_K_M |
| VRAM needed | 65.8 GB |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 VRAM | 32 GB |
| Verdict | Does not fit |
Either step down to a smaller size in this family, or move to a NVIDIA A100 80GB (80 GB), the cheapest card we track with enough VRAM.
Cheapest card we track with enough VRAM for Llama 4 Scout 17B:
Llama 4 Scout 17B needs ~66 GB but this GPU has 32 GB. Rent a A100 (80 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:
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