DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B on Apple M4 Pro (48GB)
Apple M4 Pro (48GB) handles DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B well at 38 tok/s at Q8_0. A solid choice for this model.
Model Size
7.62B
Device VRAM
48 GB
Bandwidth
273 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B performance at a different quality level on Apple M4 Pro (48GB).
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q8_0 | 38 tok/s | 180ms | ✓ Yes | Good | estimated |
Notes
Q8_0
Full Q8 7B reasoning. Extra VRAM enables concurrent workloads.
About DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B (7.62B) is a reasoning, chat model. Compact distilled reasoning model for chat and inference.
View all DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B hardware options →About Apple M4 Pro (48GB)
Apple M4 Pro (48GB) has 48 GB at 273 GB/s. Available in MacBook Pro 16-inch, Mac Mini.
See all models Apple M4 Pro (48GB) can run →Source: MLX performance estimates (2026-03-01)
Data last updated: 2026-03-15