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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 8B?

FULL

5.4 GB needed of 12 GB usable — headroom for context

12GB · Ada · model file 4.9GB · distill 8B

~47–78 tok/s

computed roofline: 504 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 4.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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