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DeepSeek · 7B

Can you run DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 7B locally?

DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 7B is a dense model with 7B parameters. At 4-bit or better it runs on 117 of the 120 hardware configurations listed here; the smallest is the RTX 5060 (8 GB). On a 128 GB DGX Spark it runs at Q8_0, at roughly 20 tokens per second (our est.).

Data as of 2 November 2026

Fastest machines for DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 7B

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  1. 1RTX 5090Graphics card · 32 GB~164 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 31 GB
  2. 2RTX PRO 6000 BlackwellGraphics card · 96 GB~164 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 95 GB
  3. 32x RTX 5090Graphics card · 64 GB~157 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 62 GB
  4. 42x RTX PRO 6000 BlackwellGraphics card · 192 GB~157 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 190 GB
  5. 5M5 UltraMac · 96–512 GB · 5 variants~103 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  6. 6RTX 4090Graphics card · 24 GB~99 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 23 GB
  7. 7RTX 5080Graphics card · 16 GB~98 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  8. 82x RTX 4090Graphics card · 48 GB~96 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 46 GB
  9. 9RTX 3090 TiGraphics card · 24 GB~93 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 23 GB
  10. 10RTX 5070 TiGraphics card · 16 GB~92 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  11. 112x RTX 3090 TiGraphics card · 48 GB~91 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 46 GB
  12. 12RTX 3090Graphics card · 24 GB~87 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 23 GB
  13. 132x RTX 3090Graphics card · 48 GB~85 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 46 GB
  14. 14RX 7900 XTXGraphics card · 24 GB~80 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 23 GB
  15. 15RTX 5060Graphics card · 8 GB~80 tok/s ModelFit est.Q4_K_M · 6.6 of 7.0 GB
  16. 162x RX 7900 XTXGraphics card · 48 GB~78 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 46 GB
  17. 17RTX 4080 SUPERGraphics card · 16 GB~75 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  18. 18RTX 4080Graphics card · 16 GB~73 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  19. 19RTX 5070Graphics card · 12 GB~72 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 11.0 GB
  20. 20RTX 3070Graphics card · 8 GB~71 tok/s ModelFit est.Q4_K_M · 6.6 of 7.0 GB
  21. 21RTX 3060 TiGraphics card · 8 GB~71 tok/s ModelFit est.Q4_K_M · 6.6 of 7.0 GB
  22. 22M3 UltraMac · 96–512 GB · 5 variants~71 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  23. 23RX 7900 XTGraphics card · 20 GB~69 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 19.0 GB
  24. 24RTX 4070 Ti SUPERGraphics card · 16 GB~69 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  25. 25M2 UltraMac · 64–192 GB · 7 variants~64 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  26. 26RTX 2070Graphics card · 8 GB~63 tok/s ModelFit est.Q4_K_M · 6.6 of 7.0 GB
  27. 27M5 MaxMac · 48–128 GB · 3 variants~61 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  28. 28RX 9070 XTGraphics card · 16 GB~60 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  29. 29M1 UltraMac · 64–128 GB · 4 variants~57 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  30. 30RTX 4070 TiGraphics card · 12 GB~53 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 11.0 GB
  31. 31RTX 4070 SUPERGraphics card · 12 GB~53 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 11.0 GB
  32. 32RTX 4070Graphics card · 12 GB~53 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 11.0 GB
  33. 33M4 MaxMac · 48–128 GB · 3 variants~51 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  34. 34RTX 5060 TiGraphics card · 16 GB~49 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  35. 35RTX 4060Graphics card · 8 GB~47 tok/s ModelFit est.Q4_K_M · 6.6 of 7.0 GB
  36. 36M5 Max · 36 GB · 32cMac · 36 GB~46 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 24 GB
  37. 37M3 MaxMac · 48–128 GB · 3 variants~40 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  38. 38M4 Max · 36 GB · 32cMac · 36 GB~39 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 24 GB
  39. 39M2 MaxMac · 32–96 GB · 5 variants~37 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  40. 40RTX 3060Graphics card · 12 GB~36 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 11.0 GB
  41. 41M5 ProMac · 24–64 GB · 6 variants~34 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  42. 42M1 MaxMac · 32–64 GB · 4 variants~34 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  43. 43RX 9060 XTGraphics card · 16 GB~33 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  44. 44RTX 4060 TiGraphics card · 16 GB~30 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  45. 45Tesla P100Graphics card · 16 GB~30 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  46. 46M3 MaxMac · 36–96 GB · 2 variants~30 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  47. 47M4 ProMac · 24–64 GB · 6 variants~29 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  48. 48Tesla T4Graphics card · 16 GB~26 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 15.0 GB
  49. 49Ryzen AI Max+ 395 · 128 GBAI mini PC · 128 GB~23 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 96 GB
  50. 50M2 ProMac · 16–32 GB · 2 variants~21 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  51. 51M6Mac · 24–32 GB · 3 variants~20 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  52. 52DGX Spark (GB10)AI mini PC · 128 GB~20 tok/s our est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 122 GB
  53. 53M1 ProMac · 16–32 GB · 2 variants~19 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  54. 54Ryzen AI Max+ 395 · 64 GBAI mini PC · 64 GB~19 tok/s our est.Q8_0 · 8.7 of 48 GB
  55. 55M6Mac · 16 GB · 2 variants~18 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  56. 56M5Mac · 16–32 GB · 6 variants~17 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  57. 57M3 ProMac · 18–36 GB · 2 variants~17 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  58. 58M4Mac · 16–32 GB · 3 variants~13 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  59. 59M3Mac · 16–24 GB · 2 variants~11 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
  60. 60M1 · 16 GBMac · 16 GB~11 tok/s ModelFit est.Q4_K_M · 6.6 of 10.7 GB
  61. 61M2Mac · 16–24 GB · 2 variants~11 tok/s ModelFit est.Q8_0 · 8.7 GB
Too big for 3 machines

M3 · 8 GB, M2 · 8 GB, M1 · 8 GB. DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 7B needs about 6.6 GB at its smallest build.

Speeds are single-user decode estimates, not measurements. "ModelFit est." comes from ModelFit's model fitted on published runs (CC BY 4.0); "our est." is memory bandwidth divided by bytes read per token, times 0.55. Memory is what the best build needs, against what the machine can give a model. Method

About the model

Parameters
7B
Active per token
7B
Type
Dense
Good for
Reasoning, Coding

Builds and how to run them

QuantizationLoadMin. RAMCommand
Q4_K_M5.5 GB8 GBollama run deepseek-r1:7b
Q8_07.5 GB16 GBollama run deepseek-r1:7b-qwen-distill-q8_0

Load, minimum RAM and Ollama commands: ModelFit, CC BY 4.0. Load is memory with the model loaded, before long contexts.

Questions

Can I run DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 7B on a Mac?

Yes on a Mac with enough memory: the smallest Apple configuration listed here that runs it at 4-bit or better is the M2 Pro · 16 GB.

How much memory does DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 7B need?

About 6.6 GB at the smallest build in our data, including a margin for the runtime and an 8K-token context. Longer contexts need more.

Does DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 7B run on a DGX Spark?

Yes, at Q8_0. The Spark has 128 GB of unified memory, about 121.6 GB usable.