Can I Run Llama 4 on Apple M1 Ultra?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~62.2 GB of headroom running Llama 4 Scout 17B at Q4_K_M (65.80875 GB, ~35 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 256K context.

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Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra
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Apple M1 Ultra Specs

VRAM128 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth800 GB/s

Llama 4 Scout 17B on the Apple M1 Ultra: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 128 GB?Max context
F16219.6 GB✗ No
Q8_0117.4 GB✓ Yes32K
Q6_K91 GB✓ Yes128K
Q5_K_M78.9 GB✓ Yes128K
Q4_K_M67.4 GB✓ Yes256K
Q3_K_M48.1 GB✓ Yes256K
Q2_K37.4 GB✓ Yes256K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 128 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Llama 4 Sizes That Fit the Apple M1 Ultra

Llama 4 Scout 17BQ4_K_M · 65.80875 GB · ~35 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the Apple M1 Ultra enough to run Llama 4 locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~62.2 GB of headroom running Llama 4 Scout 17B at Q4_K_M (65.80875 GB, ~35 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 256K context.

What's the best Llama 4 size for the Apple M1 Ultra?

Llama 4 Scout 17B at Q4_K_M quantization (65.80875 GB), estimated ~35 tokens/sec, up to 256K context.

Every Llama 4 size on the Apple M1 Ultra

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Llama 4 Maverick 17B241.5 GBDoes not fit
Llama 4 Scout 17B65.8 GBRuns~35 tok/s

Llama 4 on Other GPUs

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