Can I run this LLM?
Can a MacBook Air/Pro M5 (32GB) run DeepSeek-R1-Distill 32B?
DeepSeek · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 32.0 GB machine at 4K context.
Yes, but it's tight.
Best fit: DeepSeek-R1-Distill 32B at Q2_K · 12.3 GB · 7–11 tok/s on a MacBook Air/Pro M5 (32GB).
Every quantization on this machine
| Quant | Size | Speed | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 12.3 GB | 7–11 tok/s | Tight / slow |
| Q3_K_M | 15.9 GB | 6–9 tok/s | Tight / slow |
| Q4_K_M | 19.9 GB | 5–7 tok/s | Tight / slow |
| Q5_K_M | 23.3 GB | 4–6 tok/s | Won't fit |
| Q6_K | 26.9 GB | 4–5 tok/s | Won't fit |
| Q8_0 | 34.8 GB | 3–4 tok/s | Won't fit |
| FP16 | 65.5 GB | 2–2 tok/s | Won't fit |
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