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Can a RTX 3060 8GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B?

Yes. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B fits in fast memory on RTX 3060 8GB at Q4_K_M (5.7 GB needed, 7.5 GB usable), about 31 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: RTX 3060 8GB · Model: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

RTX 3060 8GB has 8 GB of VRAM and 240 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker holds back 0.5 GB of VRAM for the driver and assumes 16 GB of system RAM, so fast memory usable by Ollama is 7.5 GB. Partial offload may also use 60% of that system RAM. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B (7.62B, DeepSeek) at Q4_K_M is a 4.7 GB download and needs 5.7 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size4.7 GB
Memory needed5.7 GB
Usable fast memory7.5 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~31 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run deepseek-r1:7b
Open RTX 3060 8GB in the checker

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.

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