LLMs ·

DeepSeek Coder V2 Instruct (0614)

Parameters
236B (21.0B active)
Architecture
Mixture of experts
Max context
160K tokens
License
deepseek
Released
2024-06

How to run it

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run deepseek-coder-v2:236b

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

huggingface.co/bartowski/DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Instruct-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/bartowski/DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Instruct-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from DeepSeek, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Instruct (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Apps that run DeepSeek Coder V2 Instruct (0614)

Our pick for each kind of computer, assuming the model fits in its memory. Pick your own GPU or device in the Model Finder for an exact answer.

Mac (Apple silicon)

Ollama

One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.

Also good:

Windows PC, NVIDIA GPU

Ollama

One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.

Also good:

Windows PC, AMD Radeon

Lemonade

AMD’s own app: llama.cpp tuned for Radeon on Vulkan and ROCm.

Also good:

Linux, NVIDIA GPU

Ollama

One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.

Also good:

Linux server, 80 GB+ GPUs

vLLM

The full model fits in GPU memory at 8-bit, so it can batch many requests: best for serving a team or an app.

Also good:

App Type Opens it as Systems Engine Start
LM Studio Desktop app GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp, MLX Open in LM Studio
Ollama CLI + API Ollama library macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp, MLX
ollama run deepseek-coder-v2:236b
llama.cpp CLI + API GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp
llama-server -hf bartowski/DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
Jan Desktop app GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp, MLX Open in Jan
vLLM Server Original weights WSLWindowsLinux vLLM
vllm serve deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Instruct
SGLang Server Original weights WSLWindowsLinux SGLang
python3 -m sglang.launch_server --model-path deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Instruct
Docker Model Runner CLI + API GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp, vLLM
docker model run hf.co/bartowski/DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
Lemonade Desktop app GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp, ONNX Runtime GenAI
lemonade pull bartowski/DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
Unsloth Desktop Desktop app GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp, MLX, stable-diffusion.cpp Open in Unsloth Desktop
Atomic Chat Desktop app GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp, MLX-VLM Open in Atomic Chat
Pi Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp or MLX LM Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Hermes Agent Assistant GGUF macOSWSLWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp or MLX LM Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
OpenClaw Assistant GGUF macOSWSLWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp or MLX LM Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
OpenCode Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Codex CLI Coding agent GGUF macOSWSLWindowsLinux uses Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible server Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
OpenHands Coding agent GGUF macOSWSLWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Zed Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Cline Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Open Interpreter Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Goose Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Aider Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Crush Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Qwen Code Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Kilo Code Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Open WebUI Assistant GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Khoj Assistant GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Letta Assistant GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
GPT4All Desktop app GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp Get GPT4All
KoboldCpp Desktop app GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp Get KoboldCpp
Text Generation WebUI Desktop app GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp, Transformers, ExLlamaV3 Get Text Generation WebUI
llamafile CLI + API GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp Get llamafile
Msty Studio Desktop app GGUF macOSWindowsLinux Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX Open in Msty Studio
Llama (macOS) Desktop app GGUF macOS llama.cpp Open in Llama (macOS)
RecurseChat Desktop app GGUF macOS llama.cpp Open in RecurseChat
node-llama-cpp Library GGUF macOSWindowsLinux llama.cpp Get node-llama-cpp
Continue Coding agent GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
SillyTavern Assistant GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
LibreChat Assistant GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Cherry Studio Assistant GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
Chatbox Assistant GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
PrivateGPT Assistant GGUF macOSWindowsLinux uses Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp Point it at a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
PocketPal AI Mobile app GGUF iOSAndroid llama.cpp App Store Google Play
ChatterUI Mobile app GGUF Android llama.cpp Download the APK
LLM Farm Mobile app GGUF iOS llama.cpp Not on the App Store or TestFlight for now (checked 2026-11-09).

Which apps can open a model depends on the files published for it: GGUF for llama.cpp-based apps, MLX for Apple’s engine, the original weights for vLLM and SGLang. Compare every app.

Memory needed

Weights plus KV cache and runtime overhead. Leave a little extra free for the operating system and other apps. Try another context length.

KV cache: latent (MLA) KV cache.

Quantization Quality Weights Total at 8K context Total at 32K context Download
Q2_K Low 94.3 GB 95.5 GB 97.2 GB GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M Low 116 GB 117 GB 118 GB GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M Good 144 GB 145 GB 147 GB GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M High 167 GB 169 GB 170 GB
Q6_K High 193 GB 194 GB 196 GB
Q8_0 Very high 250 GB 251 GB 253 GB
F16 Full 471 GB 473 GB 474 GB Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Best hardware for DeepSeek Coder V2 Instruct (0614)

Quality Hardware Quant Memory Speed Runs
68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple Mac Studio (2025) (M4 Max or M3 Ultra)Apple M3 Ultra (256 GB) Q4_K_M 160 GB / 192 GB 36.2 tok/s Runs great
60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple Mac Studio (2023) (M2 Max or M2 Ultra)Apple M2 Ultra (192 GB) Q3_K_M 128 GB / 144 GB 44.5 tok/s Runs welltight fit
68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple Mac Studio (2025) (M4 Max or M3 Ultra)Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB) Q4_K_M 176 GB / 384 GB 36.2 tok/s Runs great
50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA DGX SparkNVIDIA GB10 (128 GB) Q2_K 105 GB / 115 GB 24.2 tok/s Runs welltight fit
50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 62/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation EditionNVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Q2_K 100 GB / 96.0 GB 63.5 tok/s Runs welloffloads to RAM
50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024)Apple M4 Max (128 GB) Q2_K 103 GB / 96.0 GB 33.6 tok/s Runs wellover GPU memory limit
50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 58/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. ASUS ProArt P16 (H7607BA)NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (128 GB) Q2_K 104 GB / 102 GB 22.5 tok/s Runs wellover GPU memory limit
50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 57/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Framework DesktopAMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (128 GB) Q2_K 103 GB / 96.0 GB 16.9 tok/s Runs wellover GPU memory limit
71Great quality (A) · 71 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Instinct MI325XAMD Instinct MI325X Q6_K 207 GB / 256 GB 119 tok/s Runs great
71Great quality (A) · 71 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Instinct MI350XAMD Instinct MI350X Q6_K 209 GB / 288 GB 139 tok/s Runs great

Check it on your own hardware

Run it on a cluster

Devices that can’t run DeepSeek Coder V2 Instruct (0614) alone can run it together. These example clusters do:

Try it with your own devices

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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