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DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash on MacBook Pro M4 Max 128 GB

763.205B (16B active) on 128 GB at 546 GB/s. Hardware details · Model details

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Yes. DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash fits on MacBook Pro M4 Max 128 GB at the recommended DS4 V4.1 Q2 (SSD) configuration, requiring approximately 93.2 GB at 8K context. Practical context capacity is 1M.
CompatibilityFits
Calculated fit
Yes
Calculated Uses 80-90% of usable memory. Works, with limited headroom.
Recommended quantization
DS4 V4.1 Q2 (SSD)
Calculated gguf
Memory required
93.2 GB
Calculated of 108.8 GB usable — 86%
Max practical context
1M
Calculated model supports 1M

Memory budget at 8K context

Resident model data ⓘ
89.5 GB Measured
KV cache ⓘ
0.0 GB Calculated
Runtime overhead ⓘ
3.7 GB Estimated
Total required
93.2 GB Calculated
Headroom ⓘ
15.6 GB Calculated
Fits with limited headroom (86% of usable memory). A longer context will not leave room for much else.
Unified memory: weights, KV cache and the OS share the same 128 GB pool. We assume 85% is addressable by the GPU, which matches a headless machine with the wired-memory limit raised.
Mixture of experts: all 763.205B parameters must be resident in memory even though only ~16B are active per token. Memory follows total parameters; speed follows active parameters.
Performance

Estimated performance · recommended DS4 V4.1 Q2 (SSD)

Decode, prefill and TTFT below are estimates for DS4 V4.1 Q2 (SSD). We do not have a comparable DS4 V4.1 Q2 (SSD) measurement on this machine.

Estimated decode
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Estimated DS4 V4.1 Q2 (SSD); calculated range
Estimated prefill
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Estimated DS4 V4.1 Q2 (SSD); calculated range
Estimated TTFT at 8K
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Estimated DS4 V4.1 Q2 (SSD); calculated range
Hardware load reference
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Official spec hardware TDP; not this model run
No throughput figures for this configuration. We do not estimate performance for a model that cannot load.
How the estimate is calculated
  1. Decode: reading 16.0B active parameters at 3.84 bits/weight takes 20.09 ms at 546 GB/s x 70% achieved efficiency.
  2. MoE routing penalty of 15% applied: expert gathers are less bandwidth-efficient than a dense sweep.
  • MoE decode depends on how well the engine batches expert gathers; real results vary more than for dense models.
  • No FP16 compute figure for this hardware, so prefill cannot be estimated.
  • This is a calculated estimate, not a measurement. It assumes a single request, a short prompt, no speculative decoding and a warm model already resident in memory.

Estimator version estimator_v1. Stored with every estimated row so old estimates can be regenerated when the model improves.

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This model at other quantizations on this machine
QuantizationResidentDiskTotal neededUtilisationFitMax context
DS4 V4.1 Q2 (SSD)recommended89.5 GB340.6 GB93.2 GB86%Fits1M
MLX 4-bit415.8 GB415.8 GB429.3 GB395%Does not fit0
Q4_K_M443.8 GB443.8 GB458.2 GB421%Does not fit0
Q5_K_M520.7 GB520.7 GB537.3 GB494%Does not fit0
Q8_0770.3 GB770.3 GB794.4 GB730%Does not fit0
Cost of running DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash on this machineUnited States (federal) · C corporation · 8h/day
Monthly economic cost
$0
Calculated after tax
Codex/Claude Code
$100/mo
≈ $100/mo · local is $100 less
Net cash at purchase
$0
Calculated VAT not reclaimable
Total over 5 years
$0
Calculated after tax, after resale
Cost per USD/1M tokens
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Calculated

The $100 comparison uses the Codex Pro 5x / Claude Max 5x plans. A fixed planning conversion is used for USD. This compares monthly spend only: subscriptions have usage limits, local hardware has different capabilities and constraints, and taxes or regional pricing may change the charged amount. Prices checked 7 September 2026.

Monthly breakdown

Depreciation
0 over 5 years, straight-line to a 0 residual
$0.00
Electricity
0.0 kWh/month at 0.140/kWh
$0.00
Monthly cost before tax$0.00
Electricity tax shield
Running costs are deductible business expenses
-$0.00
Monthly economic cost after tax$0.00

Three different numbers, deliberately

Cash cost
$0
Money that leaves the bank account on day one, net of reclaimable VAT.
Accounting depreciation
$0.00/month
$0 written down over 5 years to a $0 residual.
After-tax economic cost
$0.00/month
Depreciation plus running costs plus cost of capital, less the tax those deductions save. This is the figure to compare between machines.
Assumptions and sources (verified 2026-09-07)
VAT rate
0% Official spec
VAT recoverable
0% Official spec
Federal C-corporation estimate at the flat 21% rate. Pass-through entities should use the sole-proprietor estimate as a rougher proxy.
Effective deduction rate
21.00% Calculated
Headline marginal rate 21.00%.
Depreciation
5 years, straight-line Assumption
Residual value
$0 (30%) Assumption
Extrapolated from the three-year curve.
Electricity
$0.000/kWh Assumption
Average power draw
0 W Calculated
Load — for 20% of powered hours, idle 0 W for the rest — a machine that is on is not generating tokens the whole time.
Investment allowances
§179 100.0% Official spec
Worth $0 in total — first-year expensing that replaces later tax depreciation.
Cost of capital
not applied Assumption
Federal planning estimate only, not tax advice. State and local income tax, sales/use tax and incentives are excluded. It assumes 100% business use, a Section 179 election, enough business income to use it, and that the full annual limit remains available.
DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash on other hardware
HardwareDecodePriceFit
NVIDIA DGX H200 (8x H200, 1,128 GB)~434–624 t/s$359,430 *Comfortable
NVIDIA DGX Station GB300 (748 GB)~70–101 t/s$90,082 *Comfortable
NVIDIA DGX Spark 128 GB9.4 t/s$3,873 *Fits
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