MODEL ARCHITECTURE SPEC โข DEEPSEEK32.8B Dense
DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 32B VRAM & inference speed
32.8B Total ParamsDense Architecture64 Layers โข 8 KV Heads32K Default Ctx (Max 128K)Ollama: deepseek-r1:32b
Accurate memory requirements, KV cache footprint, and tokens/sec generation benchmarks for running DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 32B across local GPUs, Apple Silicon Macs, and cloud instances.
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Runs 100% in GPU VRAM (Optimal Headroom)25.41 GB (47%)~8 t/s
DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 32B on Apple Mac Mini M4 Pro (64GB Unified Memory)
โ Fits Comfortably in VRAM
โ FITS IN VRAM
Required VRAM
25.41 GB
47% of hardware capacity (54 GB)Est. Decode Speed
~8 tok/s
Dense model @ 273 GB/sAvailable Headroom
+28.59 GB
Safe for OS display & full contextMemory Allocation & Headroom
25.41 GB allocated of 54 GB capacity
47% utilized
Weights: 19.68 GB
KV: (32K): 4.29 GB
Overhead: 1.44 GB
Free Headroom: +28.59 GB
โก Architecture & Throughput Transparency: Single-user decode speed (~8 tok/s) is memory-bandwidth bound at batch size = 1 on Apple Mac Mini M4 Pro (64GB Unified Memory) (273 GB/s). Prompt prefill / TTFT (~116 tok/s) is compute-bound and utilizes GPU Tensor cores. Actual latency varies with FlashAttention-2 and runtime engine (Ollama/vLLM/llama.cpp).
OLLAMA_FLASH_ATTENTION=1 OLLAMA_KV_CACHE_TYPE=q8_0 ollama run deepseek-r1:32bCloud Instance Options for DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 32B
On-DemandDeploy this model on an on-demand cloud GPU without local hardware constraints or power usage:
RunPod Cloud GPUsBest 1-Click Ollama & vLLM
$0.34/hr (RTX 4070 Ti) โ $2.39/hr (H100)Vast.ai GPU MarketplaceCheapest Dual RTX 3090 / 4090
$0.18/hr (RTX 3060) โ $0.55/hr (RTX 4090)Lambda GPU CloudEnterprise 8x H100 Clusters
$1.99/hr (GH200 / H100)Quantization Precision Matrix
32K ctx โข KV: Q8_0| Quantization | Weights | KV Cache | Total VRAM | Est. Speed | Fit Status |
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| FP1616 bpw | 65.6 GB | 4.29 GB | 72.94 GB (135%) | 0 t/s | OOM |
| Q8_08.5 bpw | 34.77 GB | 4.29 GB | 41.03 GB (76%) | ~5 t/s | FITS |
| Q6_K6.56 bpw | 26.9 GB | 4.29 GB | 32.88 GB (61%) | ~6 t/s | FITS |
| Q5_K_M5.68 bpw | 23.29 GB | 4.29 GB | 29.15 GB (54%) | ~7 t/s | FITS |
| Q4_K_M4.8 bpw | 19.68 GB | 4.29 GB | 25.41 GB (47%) | ~8 t/s | FITS |
| FP44.25 bpw | 17.38 GB | 4.29 GB | 23.03 GB (43%) | ~9 t/s | FITS |
| IQ3_XS3.3 bpw | 13.45 GB | 4.29 GB | 18.96 GB (35%) | ~12 t/s | FITS |
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Hardware Compatibility Matrix for DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Standard Q4_K_M precision with 32K context window and Q8_0 KV cache
| Hardware System | VRAM Envelope | Required VRAM | Headroom | Est. Decode Speed | Compatibility | Test Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB GDDR7) Consumer GPU โข 1792 GB/s | 32 GB | 25.41 GB | +6.59 GB | ~59 tok/s | โ FITS | Test Fit โ |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB GDDR6X) Consumer GPU โข 1008 GB/s | 24 GB | 25.41 GB | -1.41 GB | ~7 tok/s | โก PARTIAL | Test Fit โ |
| 2x NVIDIA RTX 3090 Dual Rig (48GB Total VRAM) Multi-GPU Rig โข 936 GB/s | 48 GB | 25.41 GB | +22.59 GB | ~28 tok/s | โ FITS | Test Fit โ |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16GB GDDR7) Consumer GPU โข 960 GB/s | 16 GB | 25.41 GB | -9.41 GB | 0 (OOM) | โ OOM | Test Fit โ |
| NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super (16GB) Consumer GPU โข 672 GB/s | 16 GB | 25.41 GB | -9.41 GB | 0 (OOM) | โ OOM | Test Fit โ |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) Consumer GPU โข 360 GB/s | 12 GB | 25.41 GB | -13.41 GB | 0 (OOM) | โ OOM | Test Fit โ |
| Apple Mac Mini M4 Pro (64GB Unified Memory) Apple Silicon โข 273 GB/s | 54 GB | 25.41 GB | +28.59 GB | ~8 tok/s | โ FITS | Test Fit โ |
| Apple Mac Studio M4 Max (128GB Unified Memory) Apple Silicon โข 546 GB/s | 112 GB | 25.41 GB | +86.59 GB | ~17 tok/s | โ FITS | Test Fit โ |
| Apple Mac Studio M5 Ultra (256GB Unified Memory) Apple Silicon โข 890 GB/s | 236 GB | 25.41 GB | +210.59 GB | ~28 tok/s | โ FITS | Test Fit โ |
| AMD Strix Halo Mini-PC (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB) Unified APU / Mini-PC โข 256 GB/s | 110 GB | 25.41 GB | +84.59 GB | ~7 tok/s | โ FITS | Test Fit โ |
| NVIDIA DGX Spark (128GB Grace-Blackwell Unified) AI Appliance โข 273 GB/s | 118 GB | 25.41 GB | +92.59 GB | ~9 tok/s | โ FITS | Test Fit โ |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM (80GB HBM3 Cloud GPU) Datacenter Cloud GPU โข 3350 GB/s | 80 GB | 25.41 GB | +54.59 GB | ~117 tok/s | โ FITS | Test Fit โ |