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Can the AMD Instinct MI355X 288GB run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 8B?

FULL

5.4 GB needed of 288 GB usable — headroom for context

288GB · CDNA4 · model file 4.9GB · distill 8B

~460–730 tok/s

computed roofline: 8000 GB/s × 0.28–0.45 efficiency window / 4.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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