can it run
Comfortably. 16GB of memory against a 7GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.
weights 4.9GB + KV cache 0.5GB at 4k context vs ~16GB usable → full. 5.4 GB needed of 16 GB usable — headroom for context
computed roofline: 644.6 GB/s × 0.55–0.82 efficiency window / 4.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.
| model file | 4.9GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 7GB working set |
| this machine | 16GB GDDR6 |
| params | distill 8B |
| license | mit |
| price | $749 |
easy run: ollama pull deepseek-r1:8b
runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio
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