DeepSeek's free 685B-parameter AI model runs at 20 tokens/second on Apple's Mac Studio, outperforming Claude Sonnet while using just 200 watts, challenging OpenAI's cloud-dependent business model.
I run deepseek-r1:14b locally, though it needs to go into RAM and runs slower its still a reasonably good speed. Keeps up with reading it. Should try a larger one at some point, but its quite a bit to download when you get to the larger ones. Usually run ~7b size as that can fit in VRAM and runs way faster.
I run deepseek-r1:14b locally, though it needs to go into RAM and runs slower its still a reasonably good speed. Keeps up with reading it. Should try a larger one at some point, but its quite a bit to download when you get to the larger ones. Usually run ~7b size as that can fit in VRAM and runs way faster.