With 16 GB of VRAM, the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB runs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B at Q4_K_M entirely on the GPU with an 8K context (about 11.2 GB needed). At Q8_0 it does not fit in VRAM.
Q4_K_M · 8K context
The model needs about 11.2 GB and fits in the 15.5 GB available, with 4.3 GB to spare.
~11.2 GB (10.7 GB–11.8 GB) needed · estimate
Fits entirely in VRAM · 4.3 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 · 6–12 tok/s estimate | CPU/GPU offload |
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| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q6_K8K~14.3 GB · 25–33 tok/s estimate | Compatible |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q5_K_M8K~12.7 GB · 28–38 tok/s estimate | Excellent |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q4_K_M8K~11.2 GB · 32–43 tok/s estimate | Excellent |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B IQ4_XS8K~10.4 GB · 35–47 tok/s estimate | Excellent |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q3_K_M8K~9.6 GB · 38–52 tok/s estimate | Excellent |
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16 GB GDDR7 · 448 GB/s · 180 W
ExcellentRuns DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Q4_K_M entirely in memory
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