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Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Pro M4 Pro (24GB) run DeepSeek-R1-Distill 32B?

DeepSeek · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 24.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: DeepSeek-R1-Distill 32B at Q2_K · 12.3 GB · 13–19 tok/s on a MacBook Pro M4 Pro (24GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K12.3 GB13–19 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M15.9 GB10–15 tok/sWon't fit
Q4_K_M19.9 GB8–13 tok/sWon't fit
Q5_K_M23.3 GB7–11 tok/sWon't fit
Q6_K26.9 GB6–10 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_034.8 GB5–7 tok/sWon't fit
FP1665.5 GB3–4 tok/sWon't fit

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