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Yes. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B fits in fast memory on M3 Pro 36GB at Q4_K_M (22.2 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 6 tok/s (estimate).
Hardware: M3 Pro 36GB · Model: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
M3 Pro 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 150 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 27.0 GB. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B (32.8B, DeepSeek) at Q4_K_M is a 20 GB download and needs 22.2 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q4_K_M |
|---|---|
| Download size | 20 GB |
| Memory needed | 22.2 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 27.0 GB |
| Fit | fits in fast memory |
| Estimated speed | ~6 tok/s (estimate) |
| Command | ollama run deepseek-r1:32b |
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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