Can I Run DeepSeek R1 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 10, 2026

Yes — the DeepSeek R1 family runs on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080.

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Check price on Amazon — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Specs

VRAM16 GB
Memory Bandwidth717 GB/s

DeepSeek R1 Variants That Fit

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BQ4_K_M · 9.2 GB · ~78 tok/s (est.)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BQ4_K_M · 5.8 GB · ~124 tok/s (est.)

FAQ

Can I run DeepSeek R1 on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080?

Yes — the DeepSeek R1 family runs on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080.

Which DeepSeek R1 variant fits best on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B at Q4_K_M quantization (9.2 GB), estimated ~78 tokens/sec.

DeepSeek R1 on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

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