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Can the NVIDIA RTX 4080 run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B?

RTX 4080 × DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B8K context
Yes, with heavy quantizationFits only at a low-quality quant
Memory at Q2_K15 GB of 16 GB
Weights 12.3 GBKV cache 2.1 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ2_KHeavily degraded
Memory15 GBof 16 GB usable
Speed~35tokens per second
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Only just. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B fits on the NVIDIA RTX 4080 at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 35 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

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Run it with Ollama

Ollama's default deepseek-r1:32b download is Q4_K_M, which needs about 22.6 GB, more than the 16 GB available. Download the Q2_K GGUF instead (LM Studio lists quants per model), or try a smaller context length.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 16 GB the NVIDIA RTX 4080 can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality68.3 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless37.6 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent29.6 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good26.1 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular22.6 GBToo big—
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded18.8 GBToo big—
Q2_KHeavily degraded15 GBFits~35 tok/s

Measured speed from real RTX 4080 owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own NVIDIA RTX 4080, next to our estimate.

No one has measured DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B on the NVIDIA RTX 4080 yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an RTX 4080? Add your real speed

One command times DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh -s -- deepseek-r1:32b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="deepseek-r1:32b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

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Frequently asked questions

Can NVIDIA RTX 4080 run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B?

Only just. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B fits on the NVIDIA RTX 4080 at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 35 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

How much VRAM does DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B need?

About 22.6 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 68.3 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B on the NVIDIA RTX 4080?

Roughly 35 tokens per second at Q2_K, estimated from the NVIDIA RTX 4080's 717 GB/s memory bandwidth.