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Can the Intel Arc A770 16GB run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?

Yes โ€” here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B on the Intel Arc A770 16GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 147k 91.2-113.3 t/s ~6.5-8.1 (slow)
Q8 yes 175k 182.5-226.5 t/s ~13-16.2 (slow)
Q4 yes 187k 325.8-404.5 t/s ~23.3-28.9 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

FAQ

Can the Intel Arc A770 16GB run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~325.8-404.5 tok/s and fits up to 187k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~23.3-28.9 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 187k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.