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Can a M2 24GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B?

Yes. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B fits in fast memory on M2 24GB at Q8_0 (9.1 GB needed, 16.1 GB usable), about 10 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M2 24GB · Model: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

M2 24GB has 24 GB of unified memory and 100 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M3 24GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M2 24GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 16.1 GB. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B (7.62B, DeepSeek) at Q8_0 is a 8.1 GB download and needs 9.1 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size8.1 GB
Memory needed9.1 GB
Usable fast memory16.1 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~10 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run deepseek-r1:7b-qwen-distill-q8_0
Open M2 24GB in the checker

Estimates, 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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