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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 63k 155.8-185.7 t/s ~8.2-9.8 (slow)
Q8 yes 90k 311.7-371.5 t/s ~16.4-19.6 (slow)
Q4 yes 102k 556.6-663.3 t/s ~29.3-34.9 (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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~556.6-663.3 tok/s and fits up to 102k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~29.3-34.9 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 102k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.