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No. DeepSeek R1 671B (full, MoE) does not fit on DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte): Q4_K_M needs 406.4 GB and 108.8 GB is usable.
Hardware: DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte) · Model: DeepSeek R1 671B (full, MoE)
DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte) has 128 GB of unified memory and 273 GB/s of memory bandwidth. DGX OS keeps about 15% of unified memory, so Ollama can use 108.8 GB. DeepSeek R1 671B (full, MoE) (671B, 37B active, DeepSeek) at Q4_K_M is a 404 GB download and needs 406.4 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q4_K_M |
|---|---|
| Download size | 404 GB |
| Memory needed | 406.4 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 108.8 GB |
| Fit | does not fit |
| Estimated speed | no estimate, it does not fit |
| Command | ollama run deepseek-r1:671b |
Smallest hardware that runs it: Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB at Q4_K_M (fits if the Mac GPU limit is raised, 406.4 GB needed, 384.0 GB usable, about 15 tok/s (estimate)). Can a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB run DeepSeek R1 671B (full, MoE)?
A smaller DeepSeek model that fits this hardware: DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B at Q8_0 (fits in fast memory, 79.1 GB). Can a DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte) run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?
Open DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte) in the checkerEstimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.
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