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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 8B?

FULL

5.4 GB needed of 8 GB usable — headroom for context

8GB · Ampere · model file 4.9GB · distill 8B

~42–69 tok/s

computed roofline: 448 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 4.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Community check: ~61 tok/s · 8-9B Q4 · 84 runs · inside our computed band — localmaxxing.com

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