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Can the Apple M4 Pro run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 8B?

FULL

5.4 GB needed of 22 GB usable — headroom for context

~22GB usable · Apple M4 Pro · model file 4.9GB · distill 8B

~31–45 tok/s

computed roofline: 273 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 4.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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