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can it run

Can the Tesla V100 32GB (used) run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 14B?

YES

Comfortably. 32GB of memory against a 12GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.

~46–76 tok/s

weights 9GB + KV cache 0.75GB at 4k context vs ~32GB usable → full. 9.8 GB needed of 32 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 897 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 9.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file9.0GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory12GB working set
this machine32GB HBM2, 897 GB/s
paramsdistill 14B
licensemit
price$645

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull deepseek-r1:14b

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 (GB300) — this model on the biggest machine

every model the Tesla V100 32GB (used) can run — full list

RTX 3090 (24GB, used) — upgrade path machine

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