Can I Run DeepSeek R1 on Apple M3 Pro?

作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2026年7月10日

Yes — the DeepSeek R1 family runs on the Apple M3 Pro.

Apple M3 Pro Specs

VRAM36 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth153 GB/s

DeepSeek R1 Variants That Fit

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BQ4_K_M · 19.5 GB · ~8 tok/s (est.)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BQ4_K_M · 9.2 GB · ~17 tok/s (est.)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BQ4_K_M · 5.8 GB · ~26 tok/s (est.)

FAQ

Can I run DeepSeek R1 on the Apple M3 Pro?

Yes — the DeepSeek R1 family runs on the Apple M3 Pro.

Which DeepSeek R1 variant fits best on the Apple M3 Pro?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B at Q4_K_M quantization (19.5 GB), estimated ~8 tokens/sec.

DeepSeek R1 on Other GPUs

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