Can I Run DeepSeek V4 on Apple M2 Ultra?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 24 kwietnia 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~32 GB of headroom running DeepSeek V4-Flash at Q4 (experimental) (160 GB, ~109 tok/s (est.)).

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Apple M2 Ultra Specs

VRAM192 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth800 GB/s

DeepSeek V4-Flash on the Apple M2 Ultra: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 192 GB?Max context
F16569.1 GB✗ No
Q8_0302.8 GB✗ No
Q6_K234 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M202.4 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M172.6 GB✓ Yes256K
Q3_K_M122.1 GB✓ Yes512K
Q2_K94.5 GB✓ Yes512K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 192 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

DeepSeek V4 Sizes That Fit the Apple M2 Ultra

DeepSeek V4-FlashQ4 (experimental) · 160 GB · ~109 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Will DeepSeek V4 run on the Apple M2 Ultra?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~32 GB of headroom running DeepSeek V4-Flash at Q4 (experimental) (160 GB, ~109 tok/s (est.)).

Which DeepSeek V4 variant fits best on the Apple M2 Ultra?

DeepSeek V4-Flash at Q4 (experimental) quantization (160 GB), estimated ~109 tokens/sec.

DeepSeek V4 on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the Apple M2 Ultra

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