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Can a Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B?

Yes. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB at Q4_K_M (22.2 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 16 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB · Model: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 410 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB. 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 quantQ4_K_M
Download size20 GB
Memory needed22.2 GB
Usable fast memory27.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~16 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run deepseek-r1:32b
Open Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB 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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