DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B needs ~18.8 GB VRAM. AMD Instinct MI210 64GB has 64.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~141 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
140.9 tok/s
TTFT
1374 ms
Safe context
33K
Memory
18.8 GB / 64.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | A | Runs well | 140.9 tok/s | 750 ms | 33K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 140.9 tok/s | 1374 ms | 33K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 140.9 tok/s | 1999 ms | 33K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 140.9 tok/s | 1624 ms | 33K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 140.9 tok/s | 2499 ms | 33K |
How DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B (14B params) fits at each quantization level on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB (64.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.5 GB | Low | B65 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.9 GB | Low | B65 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.8 GB | Medium | B65 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 8.5 GB | Medium | B65 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 10.1 GB | High | B66 |
Q6_K | 6 | 11.5 GB | High | B66 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 15.0 GB | Very High | B67 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 28.7 GB | Maximum | B70 |
Copy-paste commands to run DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B on your machine.
Run
ollama run deepseek-r1Your hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct | 30.5B | S | 168.4 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 27B | S | 73 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 27B | S | 45.5 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 35B A3B | 35B | S | 141.5 tok/s | |
| Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct | 30B | S | 174.2 tok/s |
Yes, AMD Instinct MI210 64GB can run DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 140.9 tok/s.
DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B (14B parameters) requires approximately 18.8 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On AMD Instinct MI210 64GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B achieves approximately 140.9 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1374ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB receives a A grade with 140.9 tok/s and 33K context.
On AMD Instinct MI210 64GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B can safely use up to 33K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 33K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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