DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B needs ~15.1 GB VRAM. RTX 3090 24GB has 24.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~83 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
82.9 tok/s
TTFT
2336 ms
Safe context
33K
Memory
15.1 GB / 24.0 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 | 82.9 tok/s | 1274 ms | 33K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 82.9 tok/s | 2336 ms | 33K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 82.9 tok/s | 3399 ms | 33K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 82.9 tok/s | 2761 ms | 33K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 82.9 tok/s | 4248 ms | 33K |
How DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B (14B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 3090 24GB (24.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.5 GB | Low | A70 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.9 GB | Low | A71 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.8 GB | Medium | A72 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 8.5 GB | Medium | A72 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 10.1 GB | High | A73 |
Q6_K | 6 | 11.5 GB | High | A74 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 15.0 GB | Very High | A74 |
F16 | 16 | 28.7 GB | Maximum | F0 |
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 | 99.1 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 27B | S | 43 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 27B | S | 43.1 tok/s | |
| Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct | 30B | S | 102.5 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 35B A3B | 35B | A | 55.5 tok/s |
Yes, RTX 3090 24GB can run DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 82.9 tok/s.
DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B (14B parameters) requires approximately 15.1 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 RTX 3090 24GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B achieves approximately 82.9 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 2336ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B on RTX 3090 24GB receives a A grade with 82.9 tok/s and 33K context.
On RTX 3090 24GB, 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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