Can I Run DeepSeek R1 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060?

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2025年1月20日

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~2.2 GB of headroom running DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B at Q4_K_M (5.8 GB, ~47 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Specs

VRAM8 GB
Memory Bandwidth272 GB/s

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 8 GB?Max context
F1617.3 GB✗ No
Q8_09.8 GB✗ No
Q6_K7.9 GB✓ Yes4K
Q5_K_M7 GB✓ Yes8K
Q4_K_M6.2 GB✓ Yes16K
Q3_K_M4.7 GB✓ Yes16K
Q2_K4 GB✓ Yes32K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 8 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

DeepSeek R1 Sizes That Fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BQ4_K_M · 5.8 GB · ~47 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 have enough VRAM for DeepSeek R1?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~2.2 GB of headroom running DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B at Q4_K_M (5.8 GB, ~47 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

Which quantization of DeepSeek R1 should I use on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B at Q4_K_M quantization (5.8 GB), estimated ~47 tokens/sec, up to 16K context.

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