# Can I run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B on Apple M5 (16GB)?

Updated: 2026-06-15

**No, not enough memory.** Needs ~10.7 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~10.5 GB is usable.

- Model: 14B, Q4_K_M 8.99 GB
- Device: 16 GB unified, ~10.5 GB usable for weights
- Needs ~10.7 GB at Q4_K_M; recommended quant: n/a
- Best tool on macOS: LM Studio
- Command: `ollama run deepseek-r1:14b`

Estimate. Method: weights + KV cache + ~0.8GB overhead. Sources: https://ollama.com/library/deepseek-r1, https://huggingface.co/bartowski/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B-GGUF, https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1.

More: https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b/apple-m5-16gb