text model · DeepSeek-V4 · macOS
Can I run DeepSeek-V4-Pro on Apple M5 Pro (48GB)?
No. DeepSeek-V4-Pro needs ~965 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Apple M5 Pro (48GB) only has ~32 GB usable.
Needs ~965 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~32 GB is usable.
That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes.
The gap is about 933 GB: DeepSeek-V4-Pro needs roughly 965 GB at Q4_K_M and Apple M5 Pro (48GB) leaves only about 32 GB usable for a model. No single tracked device has enough memory; DeepSeek-V4-Pro needs a multi-GPU or high-memory rig.
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~965 GB
- Usable on device
- ~32 GB
- Device memory
- 48 GB
Which quant fits
How to run it
On macOS use LM Studio (Polished GUI, ships MLX on Apple Silicon, one-click model downloads.).
- Parameters
- 1600B (MoE, 49B active)
- Q4_K_M size
- 954.58 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 1671.82 GB
- Context
- 1000k
- Memory
- 48 GB unified
- Usable for weights
- ~32 GB
- Best runtime
- MLX direct / Ollama (MLX backend)
What you can run instead
FAQ
Can Apple M5 Pro (48GB) run DeepSeek-V4-Pro?
No. DeepSeek-V4-Pro needs ~965 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Apple M5 Pro (48GB) only has ~32 GB usable.
How much memory does DeepSeek-V4-Pro need?
Apple M5 Pro (48GB) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~954.58 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~965 GB at a 4k context. It is a Mixture-of-Experts model (1600B total / 49B active), so all experts must stay in memory; memory tracks total params, not active params.
What is the best tool to run DeepSeek-V4-Pro on macOS?
LM Studio for a simple setup; mlx-lm for the most speed. vLLM is NOT a Mac tool, it is a CUDA/Linux serving engine. Unified memory is not a fixed VRAM slice; ~70% is usable for weights.
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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.