Can I Run DeepSeek Coder V2 236B MoE on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?
Full VRAM footprint analysis, tokens/sec generation benchmark, and copy-paste Ollama & vLLM runtime commands for running DeepSeek Coder V2 236B MoE (236B) on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) (12 GB).
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OLLAMA_FLASH_ATTENTION=1 OLLAMA_KV_CACHE_TYPE=q8_0 ollama run deepseek-coder-v2:236bLocal Hardware Configurations & Pricing
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Quantization Precision Matrix
32K ctx • KV: Q8_0| Quantization | Weights | KV Cache | Total VRAM | Est. Speed | Fit Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP1616 bpw | 472 GB | 4.03 GB | 493.3 GB (4111%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| Q8_08.5 bpw | 250.16 GB | 4.03 GB | 263.7 GB (2198%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| Q6_K6.56 bpw | 193.52 GB | 4.03 GB | 205.07 GB (1709%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| Q5_K_M5.68 bpw | 167.56 GB | 4.03 GB | 178.2 GB (1485%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| Q4_K_M4.8 bpw | 141.6 GB | 4.03 GB | 151.34 GB (1261%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| FP44.25 bpw | 125.08 GB | 4.03 GB | 134.24 GB (1119%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| IQ3_XS3.3 bpw | 96.76 GB | 4.03 GB | 104.93 GB (874%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
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Frequently Asked Questions: DeepSeek Coder V2 236B MoE on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)
How much VRAM does DeepSeek Coder V2 236B MoE need on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?
At standard 4-bit quantization (Q4_K_M) with 32K context, DeepSeek Coder V2 236B MoE requires 151.34 GB of total VRAM (weights + KV cache + CUDA runtime overhead).
What inference speed will DeepSeek Coder V2 236B MoE achieve on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?
Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)'s 360 GB/s memory bandwidth, expected decode speed is approximately 0 tokens per second.
Can I expand context beyond 32K tokens?
Each additional 32K tokens of context requires additional KV cache memory. For longer context windows, consider 8-bit or 4-bit KV cache quantization.