How much VRAM does DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B need?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B requires approximately 0.0 GB VRAM at Q4_K_M quantization with 1K context and 10% overhead. At Q8_0 it needs ~0.0 GB, and at FP16 ~0.0 GB. Use the PCPARTGUIDE VRAM Calculator for exact requirements at any context length and overhead setting.

Can I run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B on a consumer GPU?

Yes, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B can run on consumer GPUs. At Q4_K_M quantization with moderate context length, it fits on a 24 GB GPU. For best performance, use a 24 GB or larger GPU with at least 8 GB VRAM for reasonable context lengths.

What is DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B's context window?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B supports a maximum context window of 32,768 tokens. The default context is 32,768 tokens. Larger contexts require proportionally more VRAM for the KV cache — use the VRAM Calculator to estimate exact requirements at your target context length.

What quantization level should I use for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B?

For DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B, start with Q4_K_M (~0.0 GB) if VRAM-limited. Q8_0 offers better quality at ~2× the VRAM. If you have enough VRAM, Q6_K (~1.5× Q4 VRAM) provides a good balance. For models this large, Q3_K_M may be necessary to fit on consumer hardware.

How does DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B compare to similar models?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is a 14.7B Dense model from the DeepSeek family. Browse other DeepSeek models on the PCPARTGUIDE directory for comparable alternatives with different parameter counts and VRAM requirements. Use the Model Transparency scores to assess documentation quality and reproducibility.

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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is a dense transformer language model from the DeepSeek family, containing 14.7B parameters across 48 layers. It supports up to 33K tokens of context with a hidden dimension of 5120 and 8 KV heads for efficient …

14.7B

Parameters

32K

Max Context

Dense

Architecture

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About DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

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Technical Specifications

Total Parameters14.7B

ArchitectureDense

Attention TypeGQA (Grouped Query Attention)

Hidden Dimensiond = 5,120

Transformer Layers48

Attention Heads40

KV Headsn_kv = 8

Head Dimensiond_head = 128

Activation FunctionSwiGLU

NormalizationRMSNorm

Position EmbeddingRoPE

System Requirements

Estimated VRAM at 10% overhead for different quantization methods and context sizes.

Quantization	1K ctx	32K ctx
Q4_K_M0.50 B/W ~97% of FP16	7.79Consumer GPU	13.60Consumer GPU
Q8_01.00 B/W ~100% of FP16	15.38Consumer GPU	21.20Consumer GPU
F162.00 B/W Reference	30.58Datacenter GPU	36.39Datacenter GPU

1.5B

Layers

Context

32K

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