Can a NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell (288GB HBM + 480GB) run Llama 4 Scout (MoE)?

Yes — Llama 4 Scout (MoE) runs at FP16 (215.6 GB) at about 116–174 tok/s on a NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell (288GB HBM + 480GB).

How much memory does Llama 4 Scout (MoE) need?

Llama 4 Scout (MoE) needs about 41.2 GB at 4K context at its smallest quantization. A NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell (288GB HBM + 480GB) has 288.0 GB.

Yes — Llama 4 Scout (MoE) runs on a NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell (288GB HBM + 480GB) at FP16

Yes — it runs great.

Runs great

Best fit: Llama 4 Scout (MoE) at FP16 · 215.6 GB weights · 116–174 tok/s on a NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell (288GB HBM + 480GB).

Arena Text Overall · style-controlled

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llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct · published configuration reference · FP16 not tested

Arena Text Overall (style-controlled), exact published entry llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct, 2026-10-08: reference rating 1,321.5. Published confidence bounds 1,316.8–1,326.3. 29,836 votes. Published llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct configuration reference. Reasoning mode is not disclosed by the Arena dataset. Tested precision, runtime and sampling settings are not disclosed in this dataset. Selected FP16 has not been measured by this Arena entry. No quantization quality adjustment is applied.

Snapshot published 2026-10-08 · snapshot imported 2026-10-11 UTC · validated last-good data · manual refresh

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Total memory at 4K context: 217.2 GB; Weights + KV cache + runtime overhead
Estimated generation: 116–174 tok/s
Estimated first token: ~0.3s

Every quantization on this machine

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Llama 4 Scout (MoE) quantizations on NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell (288GB HBM + 480GB), estimated at 4K context. Weights and total memory are shown separately.
Quant	Weights	Total memory	Speed	Fit
Q2_K	39.6 GB	41.2 GB	255–383 tok/s	Runs great
Q3_K_M	51.8 GB	53.4 GB	236–353 tok/s	Runs great
Q4_K_M	65.4 GB	67.0 GB	217–326 tok/s	Runs great
Q5_K_M	76.6 GB	78.2 GB	204–306 tok/s	Runs great
Q6_K	88.4 GB	90.0 GB	191–287 tok/s	Runs great
Q8_0	114.5 GB	116.1 GB	169–253 tok/s	Runs great
FP16	215.6 GB	217.2 GB	116–174 tok/s	Runs great

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