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Can I run Llama 4 Maverick on Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM)?
No. Llama 4 Maverick needs ~231.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) only has ~8.5 GB usable.
Needs ~231.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~8.5 GB is usable.
That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes.
The gap is about 223.2 GB: Llama 4 Maverick needs roughly 231.7 GB at Q4_K_M and Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) leaves only about 8.5 GB usable for a model. No single tracked device has enough memory; Llama 4 Maverick needs a multi-GPU or high-memory rig.
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~231.7 GB
- Usable on device
- ~8.5 GB
- Device memory
- 12 GB
Which quant fits
How to run it
On Android use PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.).
- Parameters
- 400B (MoE, 17B active)
- Q4_K_M size
- 226.09 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 396.57 GB
- Context
- 1000k
- Ollama tag
- llama4:128x17b
- Memory
- 12 GB ram
- Usable for weights
- ~8.5 GB
- Best runtime
- llama.cpp (PocketPal) or MLC-LLM
What you can run instead
FAQ
Can Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) run Llama 4 Maverick?
No. Llama 4 Maverick needs ~231.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) only has ~8.5 GB usable.
How much memory does Llama 4 Maverick need?
Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~226.09 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~231.7 GB at a 4k context. It is a Mixture-of-Experts model (400B total / 17B active), so all experts must stay in memory; memory tracks total params, not active params.
What is the best tool to run Llama 4 Maverick on Android?
On Android, PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.) is the go-to option. NPU acceleration is limited and chip-specific; most apps run on CPU. Expect 1B-4B class.
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Weights are measured from GGUF files; KV cache and overhead are computed, so totals can vary ~15% with context and runtime. Any tok/s is a bandwidth estimate. See methodology.