Apple M4 Max meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B-MLX-4bit. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M4 Max can run lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B-MLX-4bit with Q4 quantization. At approximately 68 tokens/second, you can expect Good speed - acceptable for interactive use.
You have 124GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 4GB | 128GB | 67.61 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 9GB | 128GB | 54.40 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 17GB | 128GB | 26.68 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |