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Can the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B?

NO

21.0 GB vs 12 GB usable — does not fit

12GB · Ampere · model file 20GB · distill 32B

~7.9–13 tok/s

computed roofline: 288 GB/s × 0.55–0.88 efficiency window / 20.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 32B on instead

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

rtx-a4000 — the next step up from NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB

every model the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB can run — full list

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