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Can I run DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B on a Mac with 32 GB?

Yes

Its published weights (16.4 GB) fit in the 21.3 GB a Mac with 32 GB can use, with room for ≈ 33K tokens of context.

Full analysis of DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B Everything that runs on Mac with 32 GB Get the weights on Hugging Face
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Files and context on Mac with 32 GB

Each file of DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B (and of GGUF versions the site has analyzed), and how much context fits next to it, with the context cache in 16-bit or 8-bit.

FileSizeOn Mac with 32 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
As published16.4 GBFits33K66K
4-bit (estimate)4.61 GBFits111K128K

DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 32 GB

Assumes 67% of the Mac's memory is usable (macOS's default limit for the GPU; it can be raised) and at least 4K tokens of context for one conversation, with the context cache in 16-bit unless noted. Fits leaves at least 20% of that memory for context; Tight leaves less.