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Will DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B run on my GPU?
8.03B parameters, 131,072-token context, MIT. At Q4_K_M the weights come to about 4.5 GiB; add 1.5 GiB for the runtime and you need roughly 6.0 GiB of VRAM before context.
Weights by quant
GiBQ4_K_M · the everyday quant4.5 GiB
Q8_0 · near-lossless7.9 GiB
FP16 · full weights15.0 GiB
Runtime reserve1.5 GiB
Card by card
18 of 18 fit at Q4Headroom is what remains for the KV cache after weights and the 1.5 GiB reserve. How far it stretches depends on the architecture: grouped-query models are frugal, older dense models are not. If the table says tight, plan on a shorter context or a lower quant. Parameter count from the model's own card.