Can I Run Nex-N1 on Apple M3 Ultra?

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2026年9月8日

Only with offload — Nex-N1 spills onto CPU/system RAM on the Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.

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Apple M3 Ultra Specs

VRAM512 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth819 GB/s

DeepSeek-V3.1-Nex-N1 671B on the Apple M3 Ultra: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 512 GB?Max contextWhole PC
F161343.1 GB✗ No——
Q8_0714 GB✗ No——
Q6_K551.3 GB✗ No——
Q5_K_M476.7 GB✓ Yes64K—
Q4_K_M406.2 GB✓ Yes64K—
Q3_K_M287.1 GB✓ Yes64K—
Q2_K221.7 GB✓ Yes64K—

Assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache. A longer window needs more; a quantized KV cache needs less. “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 512 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Context costs VRAM too. At Q4_K_M on the Apple M3 Ultra: 8K 406.5 GB · 32K 408.2 GB · 125K 414.9 GB. Every window this model publishes still fits 512 GB.

Why It Does Not Fit

Every Nex-N1 variant requires more VRAM than the Apple M3 Ultra provides (512 GB).

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FAQ

Does the Apple M3 Ultra have enough VRAM for Nex-N1?

Only with offload — Nex-N1 spills onto CPU/system RAM on the Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.

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