Question 1

Can the GTX 970M 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 GTX 970M offers ~3GB usable — verdict: no. 4.9 GB vs 3 GB usable — does not fit

Question 2

How fast is DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B on the GTX 970M?

Accepted Answer

~7.2–13 tok/s on the GTX 970M. computed roofline: 120.3 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 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 GTX 970M run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B?

Run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B on instead