Cheapest box to run DeepSeek-V4-Pro at Q8_0
DeepSeek’s DeepSeek-V4-Pro is 1600B parameters, 49B of them read per token. The number below is computed from that and each vendor’s published specs, not asserted. Switch the quant or the context and it recomputes in place.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro at Q8_0 needs 1701GB.
Nothing on the Grid runs DeepSeek-V4-Pro at Q8_0 today. The largest Config, Mac Studio, M5 Ultra, 512GB, is 1197GB short.
The same compressed sparse attention. 1.6 trillion parameters means no Config we track holds it, and we list it so the arithmetic says so plainly.
- Mac mini, M6, 16GB$1,099Won't fit−1688GB headroom
- Mac mini, M6, 24GB$1,299Won't fit−1680GB headroom
- Mac mini, M6, 32GB$1,499Won't fit−1672GB headroom
- Mac mini, M5 Pro, 24GB$1,699Won't fit−1680GB headroom
- Mac mini, M5 Pro, 48GB$2,499Won't fit−1657GB headroom
- Mac Studio, M5 Max, 36GB$2,499Won't fit−1668GB headroom
- Mac mini, M5 Pro, 64GB$2,899Won't fit−1642GB headroom
- GeForce RTX 5090, 32GB$2,999.99+hostWon't fit−1671GB headroom
- Won't fit−1642GB headroom
- Mac Studio, M5 Max, 48GB$3,099Won't fit−1657GB headroom
- Mac Studio, M5 Max, 64GB$3,499Won't fit−1642GB headroom
- Won't fit−1581GB headroom
- Won't fit−1613GB headroom
- Won't fit−1581GB headroom
- Won't fit−1581GB headroom
- Won't fit−1581GB headroom
- Won't fit−1613GB headroom
- Won't fit−1453GB headroom
- Won't fit−1453GB headroom
- Won't fit−1197GB headroom
| Config | Memory | Price | $/GB | Fit | Headroom | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac mini, M6 | 16GB | $1,099 | $69 | Won't fit | −1688GB | — |
| Mac mini, M6 | 24GB | $1,299 | $54 | Won't fit | −1680GB | — |
| Mac mini, M6 | 32GB | $1,499 | $47 | Won't fit | −1672GB | — |
| Mac mini, M5 Pro | 24GB | $1,699 | $71 | Won't fit | −1680GB | — |
| Mac mini, M5 Pro | 48GB | $2,499 | $52 | Won't fit | −1657GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M5 Max | 36GB | $2,499 | $69 | Won't fit | −1668GB | — |
| Mac mini, M5 Pro | 64GB | $2,899 | $45 | Won't fit | −1642GB | — |
| GeForce RTX 5090 | 32GB | $2,999.99+host | $94 | Won't fit | −1671GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M4 Max, refurb | 64GB | $3,049 | $48 | Won't fit | −1642GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M5 Max | 48GB | $3,099 | $65 | Won't fit | −1657GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M5 Max | 64GB | $3,499 | $55 | Won't fit | −1642GB | — |
| Ascent GX10, GB10 Grace Blackwell | 128GB | $3,999.99 | $31 | Won't fit | −1581GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M3 Ultra, refurb | 96GB | $4,329 | $45 | Won't fit | −1613GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M4 Max, refurb | 128GB | $4,409 | $34 | Won't fit | −1581GB | — |
| DGX Spark, GB10 Grace Blackwell | 128GB | $4,699 | $37 | Won't fit | −1581GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M5 Max | 128GB | $5,099 | $40 | Won't fit | −1581GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M5 Ultra | 96GB | $5,499 | $57 | Won't fit | −1613GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M3 Ultra, refurb | 256GB | $7,729 | $30 | Won't fit | −1453GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M5 Ultra | 256GB | $9,499 | $37 | Won't fit | −1453GB | — |
| Mac Studio, M5 Ultra | 512GB | — | — | Won't fit | −1197GB | — |
GeForce RTX 5090 is a card, not a computer: every price shown for it is the cheapest listing we found plus $1,000 for the minimum host machine.
memory = 1600B × 1.063 B/param (8.5 bits) + 0.009 GB/1K × 8K K/V + 1.2 GB runtime
speed = bandwidth × 0.5 ÷ (49B active × 1.063 B/param) = 52.1 GB read per token
usable = memory − operating system reserve (8% on a Mac, 6% on a DGX Spark, 4% on a card)
Bandwidth is the vendor’s published figure. Every speed is an estimate and says so. Methodology.