# Can I run DeepSeek V3 on Apple M5 (32GB)?

> **No, not enough memory.** Needs ~383.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~21 GB is usable.

Last validated: 2026-06-15.

## Memory math
- DeepSeek V3: 671B (MoE, 37B active); Q4_K_M weighs 376.66 GB on disk.
- At Q4_K_M with a 4k context it needs ~383.7 GB (weights + KV cache + ~0.8 GB runtime overhead, ±15% with context length).
- Apple M5 (32GB): 32 GB unified, ~21 GB usable for model weights.
- Headroom: ~-362.7 GB.

## How to run
Recommended quant: n/a. Best tool on macOS: LM Studio.

```sh
ollama run deepseek-v3:671b
```

## Other models that run on Apple M5 (32GB)
- [Qwen2.5 Coder 32B (32B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen2.5-coder-32b/apple-m5-32gb)
- [Granite 4.0 H Small (32B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/granite-4.0-h-small/apple-m5-32gb)
- [Qwen3 30B-A3B (30.5B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen3-30b-a3b/apple-m5-32gb)
- [Gemma 2 27B (27B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/gemma-2-27b/apple-m5-32gb)
- [Gemma 3 27B (27B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/gemma-3-27b/apple-m5-32gb)
- [Mistral Small 3 24B (24B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-small-3-24b/apple-m5-32gb)

Estimate, not a guarantee. Sources: https://ollama.com/library/deepseek-v3, https://ollama.com/library/deepseek-v3/tags, https://huggingface.co/unsloth/DeepSeek-V3-0324-GGUF, https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324.
More: https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/deepseek-v3/apple-m5-32gb