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deepseek moe 16b chat

Chat model by DeepSeek · 16.38B parameters

Chip
Unified Memory
Bandwidth 307 GB/s
Available for Models ~21 GB

Everything this chip runs, machine by machine: MacBook Pro 14" M5 Pro, MacBook Pro 16" M5 Pro

Runs Excellently

deepseek moe 16b chat fits comfortably in your 24 GB Mac using Q8_0 quantization, using 78% of your RAM.

tok/s

Q8_0 · 18.8 GB · Benchmark needed

Quantization Options

QuantizationMemorySpeedFits?
Q8_0 Recommended 18.8 GB~71 tok/s
Q6_K 14.7 GB~93 tok/s
Q5_K_M 12.7 GB~109 tok/s
Q4_K_M 11.1 GB~128 tok/s
Q3_K_M 9.4 GB~154 tok/s
Q2_K 7.6 GB~200 tok/s

Specifications

Parameters16.4B
Architecturedeepseek
Context Length4K
CategoryChat
Mixture of Experts 64 experts, 6 active
Formatgguf
Minimum RAM9.2 GB
HuggingFace Downloads33,073

GGUF Sources

Which Mac Can Run deepseek moe 16b chat?

Minimum Mac

MacBook Pro 14" — M3 Pro 18GB

Q6_K · benchmark needed · 82% RAM

MacQuanttok/sRAM %
Mac Studio · M3 Ultra 96GB Q8_0 20%
Mac Studio · M3 Ultra 256GB Q8_0 7%
Mac Studio · M3 Ultra 512GB Q8_0 4%
Mac Studio · M1 Ultra 64GB Q8_0 29%
Mac Studio · M1 Ultra 128GB Q8_0 15%
Mac Studio · M2 Ultra 64GB Q8_0 29%
Mac Studio · M2 Ultra 128GB Q8_0 15%
Mac Studio · M2 Ultra 192GB Q8_0 10%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 36GB Q8_0 52%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 48GB Q8_0 39%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 128GB Q8_0 15%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 36GB Q8_0 52%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 48GB Q8_0 39%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 128GB Q8_0 15%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 36GB Q8_0 52%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 48GB Q8_0 39%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 128GB Q8_0 15%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 36GB Q8_0 52%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 48GB Q8_0 39%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 128GB Q8_0 15%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 36GB Q8_0 52%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 48GB Q8_0 39%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 128GB Q8_0 15%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Max 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Max 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Max 96GB Q8_0 20%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 36GB Q8_0 52%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 48GB Q8_0 39%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 96GB Q8_0 20%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 128GB Q8_0 15%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Max 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Max 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Max 96GB Q8_0 20%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 36GB Q8_0 52%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 48GB Q8_0 39%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 96GB Q8_0 20%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 128GB Q8_0 15%
Mac Studio · M1 Max 32GB Q8_0 59%
Mac Studio · M1 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
Mac Studio · M2 Max 32GB Q8_0 59%
Mac Studio · M2 Max 64GB Q8_0 29%
Mac Studio · M2 Max 96GB Q8_0 20%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Pro 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Pro 48GB Q8_0 39%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Pro 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Pro 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Pro 48GB Q8_0 39%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Pro 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Pro 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Pro 48GB Q8_0 39%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Pro 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Pro 48GB Q8_0 39%
Mac mini · M4 Pro 24GB Q8_0 78%
Mac mini · M4 Pro 48GB Q8_0 39%
Mac mini · M4 Pro 64GB Q8_0 29%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Pro 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Pro 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Pro 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Pro 32GB Q8_0 59%
Mac mini · M2 Pro 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Pro 18GB Q6_K 82%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Pro 18GB Q6_K 82%
MacBook Air · M5 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Air · M5 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Pro 36GB Q8_0 52%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Pro 36GB Q8_0 52%
MacBook Air · M4 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Air · M4 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 32GB Q8_0 59%
Mac mini · M4 24GB Q8_0 78%
Mac mini · M4 32GB Q8_0 59%
iMac · M4 24GB Q8_0 78%
iMac · M4 32GB Q8_0 59%
MacBook Air · M2 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Air · M3 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 24GB Q8_0 78%
Mac mini · M2 24GB Q8_0 78%
iMac · M3 24GB Q8_0 78%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Pro 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Pro 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Pro 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Pro 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
Mac mini · M2 Pro 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Air · M5 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Air · M4 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
Mac mini · M4 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
iMac · M4 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Air · M2 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Air · M3 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
Mac mini · M2 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
iMac · M3 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Air · M1 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
Mac mini · M1 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
iMac · M1 16GB Q5_K_M 79%
MacBook Air · M2 8GB 95%
MacBook Air · M3 8GB 95%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 8GB 95%
Mac mini · M2 8GB 95%
iMac · M3 8GB 95%
MacBook Air · M1 8GB 95%
Mac mini · M1 8GB 95%
iMac · M1 8GB 95%

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