Question 1

Can a NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB) run DeepSeek-R1-Distill 32B?

Accepted Answer

Yes — DeepSeek-R1-Distill 32B runs at Q3_K_M (15.9 GB) at about 39–59 tok/s on a NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB).

Question 2

How much memory does DeepSeek-R1-Distill 32B need?

Accepted Answer

DeepSeek-R1-Distill 32B needs about 14.2 GB at 4K context at its smallest quantization. A NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB) has 24.0 GB.

Quant	Size	Speed	Fit
Q2_K	12.3 GB	48–72 tok/s	Runs great
Q3_K_M	15.9 GB	39–59 tok/s	Runs great
Q4_K_M	19.9 GB	32–49 tok/s	Won't fit
Q5_K_M	23.3 GB	28–42 tok/s	Won't fit
Q6_K	26.9 GB	25–37 tok/s	Won't fit
Q8_0	34.8 GB	20–29 tok/s	Won't fit
FP16	65.5 GB	11–16 tok/s	Won't fit