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Can the Apple M2 Pro run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 14B?

FULL

9.8 GB needed of 14 GB usable — headroom for context

~14GB usable · Apple M2 Pro · model file 9.0GB · distill 14B

~12–18 tok/s

computed roofline: 200 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 9.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 14B fully ($135)

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