Question 1

Can the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 offers ~4GB usable — verdict: offload-partial. 4.9 GB vs 4 GB usable — partial CPU offload, expect large speed loss

Question 2

How fast is DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650?

Accepted Answer

~13–20 tok/s on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650. computed roofline: 128.1 GB/s × 0.48–0.72 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B?

Run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B on instead