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Can I Run DeepSeek R1 Distill 8B Locally?
Small but capable reasoner
System Configuration
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VRAM12GB
Bandwidth504 GB/s
TDP285W
System RAM32GB
Typededicated
Compatibility Result
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Runs with Offload
VRAM Usage20.2GB / 12GB
Est. Speed~33.1 T/s
Context (KV)
14.44 GB
Disk Space
4.8 GB
41% of layers will be offloaded to system RAM. This will significantly reduce generation speed.
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