Can Gaudi 3 128GB run Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct?

Intel · 128 GB HBM2e · 3276 GB/s bandwidth · Meta · 109.0B (active 17.0B) · MoE · model ctx up to 10240K

Yes — the Gaudi 3 128GB (128 GB HBM2e) can run Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct. At Q4 with the default 8K context it needs ≈ 64.35 GB VRAM (weights 59.95 GB + KV cache 3.4 GB + 1 GB runtime overhead), which fits within 128 GB. Decode at Q4/8K: ≈ 122.6 tok/s (estimated, batch 1). FP16 needs ≈ 222.4 GB — does not fit on this card. Estimates come from memory-bandwidth math; rows tagged measured override estimates. Relative ranking is more reliable than absolute tok/s. Methodology.

Fit & speed by quant and context

Quant	Context	VRAM needed	Fits?	tok/s (decode)
Q4	4K	62.65 GB	Yes	122.6 est.
Q4	8K default	64.35 GB	Yes	122.6 est.
Q4	32K	74.55 GB	Yes	122.6 est.
FP16	4K	220.7 GB	No	32.4 est.
FP16	8K default	222.4 GB	No	31.9 est.
FP16	32K	232.6 GB	No	29.2 est.

Fits = weights + KV(ctx) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM. Measured anchors are context-agnostic; the fit verdict is recomputed per context. A missing tok/s means the model is far beyond this card (offload-only territory).

VRAM breakdown at 8K context

Quant	Weights	KV cache	Overhead	Total needed	Gaudi 3 128GB VRAM
Q4	59.95 GB	3.4 GB	1 GB	64.35 GB	128 GB
FP16	218.0 GB	3.4 GB	1 GB	222.4 GB	128 GB

Other GPUs that run Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct

• B200 192GB SXM — ≈299.5 tok/s Q4 est.
• MI300X 192GB — ≈198.4 tok/s Q4 est.
• H200 141GB SXM5 — ≈179.7 tok/s Q4 est.
• H100 80GB SXM5 — ≈125.4 tok/s Q4 est.
• A100 80GB SXM4 — ≈76.3 tok/s Q4 est.
• Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB — ≈30.7 tok/s Q4 est.
• Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB — ≈29.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB — ≈20.4 tok/s Q4 est.

All GPUs for Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct →

Other models for the Gaudi 3 128GB

• MiniCPM5-1B — ≈1930.3 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3.5-2B — ≈1042.4 tok/s Q4 est.
• GLM-4.7-Flash — ≈694.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 — ≈694.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct — ≈694.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-Coder-Next — ≈694.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3.5-35B-A3B — ≈694.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3.6-35B-A3B — ≈694.9 tok/s Q4 est.

All models on the Gaudi 3 128GB →