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Can I run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B on a Mac with 16 GB?

Probably, at 4-bit

The published weights are too big, but a 4-bit version (about 4.52 GB) would fit, with room for ≈ 46K tokens of context. The site hasn't analyzed a GGUF of DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B yet.

Full analysis of DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B Everything that runs on Mac with 16 GB

Files and context on Mac with 16 GB

Each file of DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-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 16 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
As published16.1 GBDoesn't fit——
4-bit (estimate)4.52 GBFits46K92K

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 16 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.