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DeepSeek Coder V2 236B (MoE) on Mac M2 Ultra (192GB): Does It Fit, How Fast, What It Costs

DeepSeek Coder V2 236B (MoE) at AWQ 4-bit needs 129.8 GB for its weights and 142.4 GB in total at 8K context with 8 concurrent users. That means it fits on a single Mac M2 Ultra (192GB). Every figure is computed by tokcalc's open-source capacity model.

Fits?
Yes, 1 GPU
142.4 GB needed / 192 GB available
Decode speed
39.62
tok/s per stream
Aggregate
321.4
tok/s @ 8 concurrent
Cost / 1M tokens
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1× Mac M2 Ultra (192GB) · quote required
What changes as you add Mac M2 Ultra (192GB)s
Tensor-parallel degree vs VRAM, throughput, and cost. Cost scales linearly with GPU count; decode throughput scales near-linearly too, so cost per token stays roughly flat.
GPUsTotal VRAMVRAM neededDecode tok/sAggregate tok/sTTFTCost / 1M tokFits?
1× Mac192 GB142.4 GB39.62321.425.54 s—✓
2× Mac384 GB142.4 GB67.35128612.79 s—✓
4× Mac768 GB142.4 GB134.751436.41 s—✓
8× Mac1536 GB142.4 GB269.4205713.22 s—✓
Concurrency vs context length
On 1× Mac M2 Ultra (192GB) at AWQ 4-bit. KV cache scales linearly with context, so this is the number of users your GPUs can actually serve.
ContextConcurrent usersKV per requestFits?
4K78807.5 MB✓ fits
8K391.58 GB✓ fits
33K96.31 GB✓ fits
66K412.62 GB✓ fits
131K225.23 GB✓ fits
Other GPUs that run DeepSeek Coder V2 236B (MoE)
Same workload, same quantization — ranked by value (tokens per dollar-hour).
GPUGPUsAggregate tok/sCost / 1M tok
RTX 5090 32GB8×57934$0.0192
L40S 48GB4×6983$0.1114
A100 80GB SXM42×4041$0.1650
H100 SXM5 80GB2×6769$0.2052
AMD MI300X 192GB1×3150$0.2205
H200 SXM5 141GB2×9699$0.2291
Frequently asked questions

Can DeepSeek Coder V2 236B (MoE) run on Mac M2 Ultra (192GB)?

Yes. DeepSeek Coder V2 236B (MoE) at AWQ 4-bit needs 142.4 GB including the KV cache, and Mac M2 Ultra (192GB) has 192 GB — so it fits on a single GPU.

How fast is DeepSeek Coder V2 236B (MoE) on Mac M2 Ultra (192GB)?

39.62 tokens/sec per stream and 321.4 tok/s aggregate with continuous batching at 8 concurrent users. Time to first token is 25.54 s, and inter-token latency is 25.2 ms.

What does DeepSeek Coder V2 236B (MoE) on Mac M2 Ultra (192GB) cost per million tokens?

— per 1M output tokens at 1× Mac M2 Ultra (192GB). That is the marginal hardware cost — add idle capacity, ops, and egress for the real figure.

How much VRAM does DeepSeek Coder V2 236B (MoE) need on Mac M2 Ultra (192GB)?

129.8 GB for the weights at AWQ 4-bit, plus 12.6 GB of KV cache for 8 concurrent requests at 8K context — 142.4 GB total. Every extra concurrent user at long context costs more, so leave headroom.

Is Mac M2 Ultra (192GB) the right choice for DeepSeek Coder V2 236B (MoE)?

It works. Compare — per 1M tokens against the alternatives below — the cheapest option that fits the same workload is 8× RTX 5090 32GB at $0.0192, and the fastest is 4× Cerebras CS-3 (WSE-3) at 161646 tok/s.

Adjust the workload yourself

Same formulas, your context length, concurrency, and quantisation.

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