Hardware guide · DeepSeek-V4
What hardware do you need to run DeepSeek-V4-Flash?
DeepSeek-V4-Flash needs about 179.7 GB to run at Q4_K_M, so the lightest hardware that runs it is Apple M3 Ultra (256GB). 1 of 40 devices tested can run it.
- Needs (Q4_K_M)
- ~179.7 GB
- Devices that run it
- 1
- Too small
- 39
- Lightest that runs it
- ~192 GB
Fits at Q4_K_M (~179.7 GB of ~192 GB usable) but with little headroom. Close other apps, or drop to a 2k context to free about a gigabyte.
What kind of hardware runs DeepSeek-V4-Flash
Of the 1 devices that run it, here is the split by hardware class.
Hardware that runs DeepSeek-V4-Flash
Ranked by usable memory, lightest first. Prices are approximate street prices for the device itself (a GPU is the card alone; a Mac is the whole machine). Tok/s is a bandwidth estimate; see methodology.
Too small for DeepSeek-V4-Flash
See the full DeepSeek-V4-Flash memory breakdown, or compare it against other models.
Sources
Memory at Q4_K_M (179.7 GB = 174.87 GB weights + KV cache + overhead), validated 2026-08-03. See methodology.