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Can a Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?

Yes. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB at Q4_K_M (47.1 GB needed, 48.0 GB usable), about 10 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB · Model: DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB has 64 GB of unified memory and 546 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 48.0 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 memory48.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~10 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run deepseek-r1:70b
Open Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB 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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