can it run
Comfortably. 11GB of memory against a 6GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.
weights 4.7GB + KV cache 0.22GB at 4k context vs ~11GB usable → full. 4.9 GB needed of 11 GB usable — headroom for context
computed roofline: 484 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 4.7GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.
Community check: ~53 tok/s · 8-9B Q4 · 5 runs · just above our band (12% over the high edge) — localmaxxing.com
→explore the full catalog84 machines indexed · live prices · what each one can run| model file | 4.7GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 6GB working set |
| this machine | 11GB GDDR5X, 484 GB/s |
| params | distill 7B |
| license | mit |
| price | $275 |
easy run: ollama pull deepseek-r1:7b
runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio
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