Can I Run DeepSeek R1 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated June 15, 2026

Yes — the DeepSeek R1 family runs on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Specs

VRAM16 GB
Memory Bandwidth960 GB/s

DeepSeek R1 Variants That Fit

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BQ4_K_M · 9.2 GB · ~104 tok/s (est.)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BQ4_K_M · 5.8 GB · ~166 tok/s (est.)

FAQ

Can I run DeepSeek R1 on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080?

Yes — the DeepSeek R1 family runs on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080.

Which DeepSeek R1 variant fits best on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B at Q4_K_M quantization (9.2 GB), estimated ~104 tokens/sec.

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