Can I Run DeepSeek R1 (671B) on Apple M3 Pro?

Name: LLM Configurator — GPU VRAM Checker
Author: LLM Configurator

作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2026年8月15日

No. DeepSeek R1 (671B) needs 405.1 GB at Q4_K_M and the Apple M3 Pro has only 36 GB. No quantization we publish closes a gap that size.

The numbers

Either step down to a smaller size in this family, or move to a Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB), the cheapest card we track with enough VRAM.

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Cheapest card we track with enough VRAM for DeepSeek R1 (671B):

Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra

512 GB VRAM · 60 W board power

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Won't fit — rent DeepSeek R1 (671B) instead

DeepSeek R1 (671B) needs ~405 GB but this GPU has 36 GB. Rent a 8× H100 (640 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:

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