can it run
Comfortably. 24GB of memory against a 6GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.
weights 4.7GB + KV cache 0.22GB at 4k context vs ~24GB usable → full. 4.9 GB needed of 24 GB usable — headroom for context
computed roofline: 1008 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 4.7GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.
| model file | 4.7GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 6GB working set |
| this machine | 24GB GDDR6X |
| params | distill 7B |
| license | mit |
| price | $2000 |
easy run: ollama pull deepseek-r1:7b
runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio
no alternatives — every machine in the catalog can run this one.
→ rtx-5090 — the next step up from this machine's GPU
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