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No. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B does not fit on M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GB: Q4_K_M needs 47.1 GB and 36.0 GB is usable.
Hardware: M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GB · Model: DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GB has 48 GB of unified memory and 400 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 36.0 GB. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B (70.6B, DeepSeek) at Q4_K_M is a 43 GB download and needs 47.1 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q4_K_M |
|---|---|
| Download size | 43 GB |
| Memory needed | 47.1 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 36.0 GB |
| Fit | does not fit |
| Estimated speed | no estimate, it does not fit |
| Command | ollama run deepseek-r1:70b |
Smallest hardware that runs it: M1 Max (32c GPU) 64GB at Q4_K_M (fits in fast memory, 47.1 GB needed, 48.0 GB usable, about 7 tok/s (estimate)). Can a M1 Max (32c GPU) 64GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?
A smaller DeepSeek model that fits this hardware: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B at Q4_K_M (fits in fast memory, 22.2 GB). Can a M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B?
Open M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GB 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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