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Can a M4 Pro 48GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?

No. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B does not fit on M4 Pro 48GB: Q4_K_M needs 47.1 GB and 36.0 GB is usable.

Hardware: M4 Pro 48GB · Model: DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

M4 Pro 48GB has 48 GB of unified memory and 273 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 quantQ4_K_M
Download size43 GB
Memory needed47.1 GB
Usable fast memory36.0 GB
Fitdoes not fit
Estimated speedno estimate, it does not fit
Commandollama 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 M4 Pro 48GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B?

Open M4 Pro 48GB 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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