DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B — VRAM Requirements
Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 21 lipca 2026
How much GPU VRAM you need to run DeepSeek R1 DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B by DeepSeek locally, a 14B-parameter model. Figures are quantized weights + KV cache + framework overhead from a memory-bandwidth roofline model.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B needs about 11 GB VRAM at Q4_K_M.
VRAM by Quantization
| Quant | Bits/weight | Weights | Total VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 2.63 | 4.6 GB | 6.7 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 3.41 | 6.0 GB | 8.1 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 4.83 | 8.5 GB | 10.6 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 5.67 | 9.9 GB | 12.1 GB |
| Q6_K | 6.56 | 11.5 GB | 13.6 GB |
| Q8_0 | 8.50 | 14.9 GB | 17.0 GB |
| F16 | 16.00 | 28.0 GB | 30.1 GB |
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[](https://llmconfigurator.com/en/vram-calculator/deepseek-r1-distill-14b)Estimates only — actual VRAM varies with context length, batch size, runtime and KV-cache settings.