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DeepSeek R1 Distill 8B

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884.7KDownloads840LikesJan 2025Released33K tokensContextMITLicense3 EntryQuality

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Quick specs

Parameters8B
Architecturedense
Context33K tokens
Modalitytext
Min RAM3.1 GB
Rec. RAM4.9 GB (Q4_K_M)
LicenseMIT
FamilyDeepSeek
✓ Chat✓ Reasoning

About this model

We introduce our first-generation reasoning models, DeepSeek-R1-Zero and DeepSeek-R1. DeepSeek-R1-Zero, a model trained via large-scale reinforcement learning (RL) without supervised fine-tuning (SFT) as a preliminary step, demonstrated remarkable performance on reasoning. With RL, DeepSeek-R1-Zero naturally emerged with numerous powerful and interesting reasoning behaviors. However, DeepSeek-R1-Zero encounters challenges such as endless repetition, poor readability, and language mixing.

  • •We directly apply reinforcement learning (RL) to the base model without relying on supervised fine-tuning (SFT) as a preliminary step. This...
  • •We introduce our pipeline to develop DeepSeek-R1. The pipeline incorporates two RL stages aimed at discovering improved reasoning patterns and...

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QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
3.1 GB
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Q3_K_S
3
3.9 GB
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NVFP4
4
4.5 GB
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Q4_K_M
4
4.9 GB
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Q5_K_M
5
5.8 GB
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Q6_K
6
6.6 GB
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Q8_0
8
8.6 GB
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F16
16
16.4 GB
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Memory breakdown

Reference: NVIDIA A10 24GB

Weights4.9 GB
KV Cache1.3 GB
Runtime0.9 GB
Headroom2.4 GB