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Can the NVIDIA RTX 3090 run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B?

TIGHT

21.0 of 24 GB usable — keep context modest

24GB · Ampere GA102 · model file 20GB · distill 32B

~22–36 tok/s

computed roofline: 936 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 20.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Community check: ~26 tok/s · 30-33B Q4 · 20 runs · inside our computed band — localmaxxing.com

Run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B on instead

Mac mini M4 (32GB) — cheapest catalog machine that runs DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B fully ($999)

rtx-5090 — the next step up from NVIDIA RTX 3090

every model the NVIDIA RTX 3090 can run — full list

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