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Can the NVIDIA L40S 48GB run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 8B?

FULL

5.4 GB needed of 48 GB usable — headroom for context

48GB · Ada Lovelace · model file 4.9GB · distill 8B

~81–130 tok/s

computed roofline: 864 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 4.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Tesla M60 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 8B fully ($35)

rtx-pro-6000 — the next step up from NVIDIA L40S 48GB

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