Can I run this LLM?
Can a NVIDIA RTX 4070 (12GB) run DeepSeek V4 Flash (MoE)?
DeepSeek · MIT · estimated for a 12.0 GB machine at 4K context.
No — too big for this machine.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (MoE) needs more memory than the 12.0 GB on a NVIDIA RTX 4070 (12GB), even at its smallest quantization.
Arena Text Overall · style-controlled
UnratedAmbiguous matchAmbiguous Arena identity; unrated
Arena identity is ambiguous. The local 0731 release is not bound to the unversioned Arena entry or preview configurations. No rating is assigned or used for ranking. Local quantization quality is unmeasured.
Snapshot published 2026-10-08 · snapshot imported 2026-10-11 UTC · validated last-good data · manual refresh
Arena leaderboard dataset · Arena / lmarena-ai, Arena Leaderboard Dataset (CC BY 4.0). Selected Text Overall style-controlled rows; field names adapted, ratings unchanged. · dataset CC BY 4.0 · revision e16f90232986
Too big for your machine — run it in the cloud
Needs multi-GPU 80 GB+ (H200 / B200) · about $8–24/hr
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