text model · DeepSeek-R1-Distill · iOS
Can I run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B on iPhone 17 Pro?
No. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B needs ~10.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but iPhone 17 Pro only has ~8 GB usable.
Needs ~10.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~8 GB is usable.
That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes.
The gap is about 2.7 GB: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B needs roughly 10.7 GB at Q4_K_M and iPhone 17 Pro leaves only about 8 GB usable for a model. The lightest tracked hardware that runs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) at 12 GB. See DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB).
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~10.7 GB
- Usable on device
- ~8 GB
- Device memory
- 12 GB
Which quant fits
How to run it
On iOS use Apple Foundation Models (Built into iOS 26, ~3B on-device model, zero download, fully private.).
- Parameters
- 14B
- Q4_K_M size
- 8.99 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 15.7 GB
- Context
- 128k
- Ollama tag
- deepseek-r1:14b
- Memory
- 12 GB unified
- Usable for weights
- ~8 GB
- Power draw
- ~12 W
- Best runtime
- llama.cpp + Metal (via PocketPal or Off Grid app)
What you can run instead
Run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B on other hardware
FAQ
Can iPhone 17 Pro run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B?
No. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B needs ~10.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but iPhone 17 Pro only has ~8 GB usable.
How much memory does DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B need?
iPhone 17 Pro does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~8.99 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~10.7 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B on iOS?
On iPhone and iPad, Apple Foundation Models (Built into iOS 26, ~3B on-device model, zero download, fully private.) is the standard choice. Phones realistically run 1B-4B class models. Anything larger thermally throttles or OOMs.
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Weights are measured from GGUF files; KV cache and overhead are computed, so totals can vary ~15% with context and runtime. Any tok/s is a bandwidth estimate. See methodology.