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Can a M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GB run DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 16B (MoE)?

Yes. DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 16B (MoE) fits in fast memory on M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GB at Q8_0 (18 GB needed, 96.0 GB usable), about 62 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GB · Model: DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 16B (MoE)

M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GB has 128 GB of unified memory and 400 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 96.0 GB. DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 16B (MoE) (15.7B, 2.4B active, DeepSeek) at Q8_0 is a 17 GB download and needs 18 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size17 GB
Memory needed18 GB
Usable fast memory96.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~62 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run deepseek-coder-v2:16b-lite-instruct-q8_0
Open M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GB 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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