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Can a RTX 3090 24GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B?

Yes. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B fits in fast memory on RTX 3090 24GB at Q4_K_M (22.2 GB needed, 23.5 GB usable), about 28 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: RTX 3090 24GB · Model: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

RTX 3090 24GB has 24 GB of VRAM and 936 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 23.5 GB. Partial offload may also use 60% of that system RAM. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B (32.8B, DeepSeek) at Q4_K_M is a 20 GB download and needs 22.2 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size20 GB
Memory needed22.2 GB
Usable fast memory23.5 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~28 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run deepseek-r1:32b
Open RTX 3090 24GB 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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