DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B at Q4_K_M needs about 11.2 GB; the RTX 3060 12 GB has 12 GB: it fits with almost no margin at 8K context. At Q8_0 it does not fit in VRAM.
Q4_K_M · 8K context
The model needs about 11.2 GB (up to 11.8 GB) for 11.6 GB available: it fits, but with almost no margin. Use a shorter context or a smaller quantization if loading fails.
~11.2 GB (10.7 GB–11.8 GB) needed · estimate
Fits entirely in VRAM · 0.4 GB left
EstimateData updated 24 days agoSource: Run LLM Locally engine, Hugging Face config.json + model card
What makes this estimate less reliable
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q8_08K~17.8 GB · 3–5.5 tok/s estimate | CPU/GPU offload |
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| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q6_K8K~14.3 GB · 6–11 tok/s estimate | CPU/GPU offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q5_K_M8K~12.7 GB · 10–18 tok/s estimate | CPU/GPU offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q4_K_M8K~11.2 GB · 26–35 tok/s estimate | Compatible with limits |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B IQ4_XS8K~10.4 GB · 29–38 tok/s estimate | Compatible |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q3_K_M8K~9.6 GB · 31–42 tok/s estimate | Excellent |
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12 GB GDDR6 · 360 GB/s · 170 W
Compatible with limitsRuns DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q4_K_M entirely in memory
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