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GPUs for AI Models: Benchmarks & Specs

Can Apple M2 Ultra run deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?

Runs Q4192GB VRAM availableRequires 3GB+

Apple M2 Ultra meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.

Quantization breakdown

Quantization	VRAM needed	VRAM available	Estimated speed	Verdict
Q4	3GB	192GB	113.59 tok/s	✅ Fits comfortably
Q8	5GB	192GB	82.41 tok/s	✅ Fits comfortably
FP16	11GB	192GB	42.79 tok/s	✅ Fits comfortably

Best current price

Apple M2 Ultra

$5,999.00 on Amazon

Suitable alternatives

AMD Instinct MI300X

192GB

811.69 tok/s

Price: —

NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB

141GB

680.96 tok/s

Price: —

AMD Instinct MI300X

192GB

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Apple M2 Ultra specs & pricing Full guide for deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B