Can I run this LLM?
Can a NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell (288GB HBM + 480GB) run DeepSeek-R1-Distill 8B?
DeepSeek · Llama 3.1 Community · estimated for a 288.0 GB machine at 4K context.
Yes — it runs great.
Best fit: DeepSeek-R1-Distill 8B at FP16 · 16.1 GB · 181–271 tok/s on a NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell (288GB HBM + 480GB).
Every quantization on this machine
| Quant | Size | Speed | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 3.2 GB | 298–447 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q3_K_M | 4.0 GB | 286–429 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q4_K_M | 4.9 GB | 274–411 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q5_K_M | 5.7 GB | 264–396 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q6_K | 6.6 GB | 254–381 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q8_0 | 8.5 GB | 235–352 tok/s | Runs great |
| FP16 | 16.1 GB | 181–271 tok/s | Runs great |
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