Can I Run Llama 4 on Apple M3 Ultra?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~270.5 GB of headroom running Llama 4 Maverick 17B at Q4_K_M (241.5 GB, ~36 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 1M context.

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Apple M3 Ultra Specs

VRAM512 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth819 GB/s

Llama 4 Maverick 17B on the Apple M3 Ultra: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 512 GB?Max context
F16801.6 GB✗ No
Q8_0426.6 GB✓ Yes256K
Q6_K329.6 GB✓ Yes512K
Q5_K_M285.1 GB✓ Yes1M
Q4_K_M243.1 GB✓ Yes1M
Q3_K_M172.1 GB✓ Yes1M
Q2_K133.1 GB✓ Yes1M

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 512 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 M3 Ultra

Llama 4 Maverick 17BQ4_K_M · 241.5 GB · ~36 tok/s (est.)
Llama 4 Scout 17BQ4_K_M · 65.80875 GB · ~36 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Does the Apple M3 Ultra have enough VRAM for Llama 4?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~270.5 GB of headroom running Llama 4 Maverick 17B at Q4_K_M (241.5 GB, ~36 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 1M context.

Which quantization of Llama 4 should I use on the Apple M3 Ultra?

Llama 4 Maverick 17B at Q4_K_M quantization (241.5 GB), estimated ~36 tokens/sec, up to 1M context.

Every Llama 4 size on the Apple M3 Ultra

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Llama 4 Maverick 17B241.5 GBRuns~36 tok/s
Llama 4 Scout 17B65.8 GBRuns~36 tok/s

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