Question 1

Can NVIDIA A30 24GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B?

Accepted Answer

Yes, NVIDIA A30 24GB can run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B with a C grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 78.7 tok/s.

Question 2

How much VRAM does DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B need?

Accepted Answer

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B (14B parameters) requires approximately 14.3 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.

Question 3

What is the best quantization for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B?

Accepted Answer

The recommended quantization for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Agentic Coding	B	Runs well	78.7 tok/s	3580 ms	47K
Chat	C	Runs well	78.7 tok/s	1342 ms	15K
Coding	C	Runs well	78.7 tok/s	2461 ms	27K
RAG	B	Runs well	78.7 tok/s	4475 ms	47K
Reasoning	C	Runs well	78.7 tok/s	2909 ms	27K

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	5.5 GB	Low	D34
Q3_K_S	3	6.9 GB	Low	D35
NVFP4	4

Can NVIDIA A30 24GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B?

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