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Can a M4 Pro 24GB run DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 16B (MoE)?

Yes. DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 16B (MoE) fits in fast memory on M4 Pro 24GB at Q5_K_M (13 GB needed, 16.1 GB usable), about 60 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M4 Pro 24GB · Model: DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 16B (MoE)

M4 Pro 24GB has 24 GB of unified memory and 273 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 16.1 GB. DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 16B (MoE) (15.7B, 2.4B active, DeepSeek) at Q5_K_M is a 12 GB download and needs 13 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ5_K_M
Download size12 GB
Memory needed13 GB
Usable fast memory16.1 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~60 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run deepseek-coder-v2:16b-lite-instruct-q5_K_M
Open M4 Pro 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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