[ssahoo]

I have been using deepseek-r1:1.5b/8b on a MacBook m1 pro max. The performance has been pretty good, at par with the o1. So last 2 days i have been running them side by side. I'm satisfied with the results and performance. That's a not very cheap 2k hardware and it does the job.

[kgwgk]

It does the job of running something which is derived from - but it’s not - the deepseek r1 model. They say the real thing is way better (as it should).

[jibbers]

M1 Pro or M1 Max?