Question 1

Can the CPU-only (DDR5 tuned / 4-channel) run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B?

Accepted Answer

DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B needs about 4.92GB working set (weights 4.7GB + KV cache 0.22GB at 4k context). The CPU-only (DDR5 tuned / 4-channel) offers ~30GB usable — verdict: full. 4.9 GB needed of 30 GB usable — headroom for context

Question 2

How fast is DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B on the CPU-only (DDR5 tuned / 4-channel)?

Accepted Answer

~17–27 tok/s on the CPU-only (DDR5 tuned / 4-channel). computed roofline: 179.2 GB/s × 0.45–0.70 efficiency window / 4.7GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Question 3

What should I run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B on instead?

Accepted Answer

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) runs it fully ($110).

Can the CPU-only (DDR5 tuned / 4-channel) run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B?

Run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B on instead