Can I Run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB)?

Name: LLM Configurator — GPU VRAM Checker
Author: LLM Configurator

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026

No. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B needs 19.3 GB at Q4_K_M and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB) has only 10 GB. No quantization we publish closes a gap that size.

The numbers

Model	DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Parameters	32B
Quantization	Q4_K_M
VRAM needed	19.3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB) VRAM	10 GB
Verdict	Does not fit

What to do next

Either step down to a smaller size in this family, or move to a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (24 GB), the cheapest card we track with enough VRAM.

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Cheapest card we track with enough VRAM for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB

24 GB VRAM · 450 W board power

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Won't fit — rent DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B instead

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B needs ~19 GB but this GPU has 10 GB. Rent a RTX 4090 (24 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:

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