Can the GeForce RTX 5060 run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B?
Fits comfortably at Q4_K_M.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is 8.03B parameters. At Q4_K_M the weights are about 4.5 GiB; with the 1.5 GiB runtime reserve that is 6.0 GiB against the card's 8GB, leaving about 2.0 GiB for context.
All three quants
8GB card| Quant | Weights | With reserve | Verdict | Headroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_Mthe everyday quant | 4.5 GiB | 6.0 GiB | Fits comfortably | 2.0 GiB |
| Q8_0near-lossless | 7.9 GiB | 9.4 GiB | Only with CPU offload | short 1.4 GiB |
| FP16full weights | 15.0 GiB | 16.5 GiB | Does not fit | short 8.5 GiB |
Verdict rules: fits comfortably when weights plus reserve sit within 85% of VRAM; tight when they fit with little left for context; CPU offload when they exceed VRAM by up to 2x (runs, slowly, with layers in system RAM); no beyond that. The KV cache per token depends on the model's architecture and is not modelled here.
The numbers for this pairing
At Q4_K_M the weights take about 4.5 GiB; with the 1.5 GiB we set aside for the runtime that is 6.0 of the card's 8 GB, leaving about 2.0 GB for the context cache.
The cheapest card on our list that runs it comfortably at Q4 is the Arc B570 at about $260, against about $410 for this card.
At about $410, this card costs roughly $51 per GB of VRAM.
Running it at its full 145 W board power for 4 hours a day would use about 17 kWh a month, about $3.20 at the US average residential rate of 18.4 cents per kWh (2026-05); real use sits below that ceiling.
Prices are the lowest current listings our tracker saw on Oct 7, 2026, since averages include premium variants; launch prices are marked where we have no listing.
Good match. Get the card.
The GeForce RTX 5060 clears DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B at Q4_K_M. Live listings below; this page was rebuilt 2026-10-07.
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About the model
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B by DeepSeek: 131,072-token native context, text, released 2025 under the MIT. Model card →