Question 1

Can the Intel Lunar Lake (Core Ultra 200V) run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B?

Accepted Answer

DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B needs about 21GB working set (weights 20GB + KV cache 1GB at 4k context). The Intel Lunar Lake (Core Ultra 200V) offers ~14GB usable — verdict: no. 21.0 GB vs 14 GB usable — does not fit

Question 2

How fast is DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B on the Intel Lunar Lake (Core Ultra 200V)?

Accepted Answer

~3.1–4.8 tok/s on the Intel Lunar Lake (Core Ultra 200V). computed roofline: 136.5 GB/s × 0.45–0.70 efficiency window / 20.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Question 3

What should I run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B on instead?

Accepted Answer

Mac mini M4 (32GB) runs it fully ($999).

Can the Intel Lunar Lake (Core Ultra 200V) run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B?

Run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B on instead