Can I run this LLM?
Can a NVIDIA L40S (48GB) run DeepSeek-R1-Distill 14B?
DeepSeek · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 48.0 GB machine at 4K context.
Yes — it runs great.
Best fit: DeepSeek-R1-Distill 14B at FP16 · 29.6 GB · 20–30 tok/s on a NVIDIA L40S (48GB).
Every quantization on this machine
| Quant | Size | Speed | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 5.8 GB | 77–115 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q3_K_M | 7.3 GB | 65–97 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q4_K_M | 9.0 GB | 55–83 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q5_K_M | 10.5 GB | 49–73 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q6_K | 12.1 GB | 44–65 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q8_0 | 15.7 GB | 35–52 tok/s | Runs great |
| FP16 | 29.6 GB | 20–30 tok/s | Runs great |
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