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Can the GTX 970M run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B?

NO

21.0 GB vs 3 GB usable — does not fit

3GB · Maxwell (laptop) · model file 20GB · distill 32B

~1.7–3 tok/s

computed roofline: 120.3 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 20.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B on instead

Mac mini M4 (32GB) — cheapest catalog machine that runs DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B fully ($999)

every model the GTX 970M can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the GTX 970M · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory