Can I run this LLM?
Can a NVIDIA RTX 4070 (12GB) run DeepSeek-R1-Distill 8B?
DeepSeek · Llama 3.1 Community · estimated for a 12.0 GB machine at 4K context.
Yes — it runs great.
Best fit: DeepSeek-R1-Distill 8B at Q6_K · 6.6 GB · 46–68 tok/s on a NVIDIA RTX 4070 (12GB).
Every quantization on this machine
| Quant | Size | Speed | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 3.2 GB | 79–118 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q3_K_M | 4.0 GB | 67–100 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q4_K_M | 4.9 GB | 58–86 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q5_K_M | 5.7 GB | 51–77 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q6_K | 6.6 GB | 46–68 tok/s | Runs great |
| Q8_0 | 8.5 GB | 37–55 tok/s | Tight / slow |
| FP16 | 16.1 GB | 21–32 tok/s | Won't fit |
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