Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick loads in 245 GB at Q4_K_M and is comfortable from 256 GB of memory. Below: the full memory math, the cheapest card that runs it well, and the fastest machine we track.

PARAMETERS

400B (17B active)

FORMAT

Q4_K_M

MIN MEMORY

320 GB

BEST FOR

Frontier quality, Long context

Memory math

Weights (Q4_K_M)

245 GB

+ KV cache (16k)

~6.0 GB

Total at 16k

~251.0 GB

Comfortable from

256 GB

KV = fp16 estimate (q8_0 cache roughly halves it). "Comfortable" = weights + KV within the engine's tiered budget (~70-85% of memory).

Hardware snapshot

Cheapest GPU

—

no consumer fit

Fastest

—

n/a

Runs on a Mac?

beyond current Macs

More Llama models

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct Llama 3.2 3B Instruct Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Llama 4 Scout Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Frequently asked questions

How much memory does Llama 4 Maverick need?

245 GB for the Q4_K_M weights, plus ~6.0 GB of KV-cache at 16k context — about 251.0 GB total. Comfortable from 256 GB of VRAM or unified memory.

Does Llama 4 Maverick run on a Mac?

Not on the current Mac configs we track; Llama 4 Maverick needs more memory than they offer.

What is the cheapest GPU for Llama 4 Maverick?

No tracked consumer GPU runs Llama 4 Maverick comfortably.

Cite this page

ModelFit: Llama 4 Maverick — specs, memory math and hardware verdicts.
https://modelfit.io/models/llama4-maverick/ (dataset updated 2026-09-03, CC BY 4.0).