DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B is a 14.77B-parameter model. At Q4_K_M it needs about 9.7 GB of memory. The MacBook M2 Pro 16GB has 12 GB usable, so it fits entirely in memory. Expect about 13 tokens/sec (12–15), with the first token after 0.6 s for a short prompt. This estimate is based on community benchmarks of this exact setup.
| Quantization | File size | Memory | Generation | First token | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 9.0 GB | Fits | 13 tok/s | 0.6 s | Measured |
| Q8_0 | 15.7 GB | Doesn't fit | Won't run | — | — |
| FP16 | 29.6 GB | Doesn't fit | Won't run | — | — |
All models on the MacBook M2 Pro 16GB · DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B on all hardware
Estimates for a short prompt on a single device. Measured numbers come from community benchmarks (r/LocalLLaMA, localscore.ai and more); others are derived from similar setups or projected from specs. Open source on GitHub.