DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B needs ~22.3 GB VRAM. RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GB has 96.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~190 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
190.4 tok/s
TTFT
1017 ms
Safe context
33K
Memory
22.3 GB / 96.0 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 | 190.4 tok/s | 555 ms | 33K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 190.4 tok/s | 1017 ms | 33K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 190.4 tok/s | 1479 ms | 33K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 190.4 tok/s | 1202 ms | 33K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 190.4 tok/s | 1849 ms | 33K |
How DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B (14B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GB (96.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.5 GB | Low | B64 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.9 GB | Low | B64 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.8 GB | Medium | B64 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 8.5 GB | Medium | B64 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 10.1 GB | High | B64 |
Q6_K | 6 | 11.5 GB | High | B64 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 15.0 GB | Very High | B64 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 28.7 GB | Maximum | B66 |
Copy-paste commands to run DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B on your machine.
Run
ollama run deepseek-r1Your hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Devstral 2 123B Instruct | 123B | S | 21.8 tok/s | |
 Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct | 30.5B | S | 227.6 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 27B | S | 98.7 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 27B | S | 99 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 122B A10B | 122B | S | 60.5 tok/s |
Yes, RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GB can run DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 190.4 tok/s.
DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B (14B parameters) requires approximately 22.3 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 PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B achieves approximately 190.4 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1017ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B on RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GB receives a A grade with 190.4 tok/s and 33K context.
On RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GB, 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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