Can the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max run deepseek-v4-flash-0731-spark?
Yes. deepseek-v4-flash-0731-spark fits the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max's 48 GB at Q4_K_M (about 36.8 GB needed), running at an estimated 8.9 tok/s. There's room for up to Q5_K_M if you want higher quality.
Every quantization
deepseek-v4-flash-0731-spark (60.3B) on 48 GB
| Quant | Weights | Needs | Fit | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 35 GB | 36.8 GB | Fits | ~8.9 tok/s |
| Q5_K_M | 43 GB | 44.8 GB | Tight | ~7.3 tok/s |
| Q8_0 | 65 GB | 66.8 GB | Too big | - |
| FP16 | 121 GB | 122.8 GB | Too big | - |
Estimates. Needs = weights + 1.8 GB for KV cache and runtime at modest context. Speed is single-stream decode scaled from the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max's 546 GB/s bandwidth (Estimated from memory bandwidth (llama.cpp decode)). Long contexts need more memory and run slower.
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Same model, other hardware - and other models on this card
deepseek-v4-flash-0731-spark on other hardware
- RTX 6000D~26 tok/s
- DGX Spark (GB10)~4.5 tok/s
- RTX Spark N1X (128 GB)~4.5 tok/s
Also runs on the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B~119 tok/s
- dolphin-2.9.1-yi-1.5-34b~16 tok/s
- Laguna-XS-2.1~16 tok/s
- Gemma 4 31B~16 tok/s
- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT~16 tok/s
- Qwen3 32B~16 tok/s
- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT-QLoRA~17 tok/s
- Qwen3.6 27B~20 tok/s
Frequently asked
Quick answers
Can the Apple MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max run deepseek-v4-flash-0731-spark?
Yes. deepseek-v4-flash-0731-spark fits the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max's 48 GB at Q4_K_M (about 36.8 GB needed), running at an estimated 8.9 tok/s. There's room for up to Q5_K_M if you want higher quality.
How much VRAM does deepseek-v4-flash-0731-spark need?
About 35 GB of weights at Q4_K_M, 65 GB at Q8_0 and 121 GB at FP16. Add roughly 1.8 GB for the KV cache and runtime at modest context lengths.
How fast is deepseek-v4-flash-0731-spark on the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max?
Roughly 8.9 tokens per second at Q4_K_M (single user, llama.cpp-style decode). This is an estimate from the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max's 546 GB/s memory bandwidth.